WashingtonPost "Moderated" Live Event
UPDATE: Via jukeboxgrad @ DailyKos, there is a comment section back up at the WashPost. However, they seem to be deleting large numbers of them as they sift through what is posted. Check it out.
It was just one week ago that the WashingtonPost.com turned off comments on post.blog. No doubt, it’s been a week that paper will never forget.
It all started with Deborah Howell’s “Getting the Story on Jack Abramoff.” As the Post has been describing what happened next, Ms. Howell received “comments containing personal attacks, profanity and hate speech.” The step they took in response is what inspired this blog. They turned their comment sections off.
Today, the WashingtonPost.com will have a live event to talk about how comments should have been handled and could be handled in the future, if and when the Post decides to bring that function back online. They've entitled the event: "Panel: Ethics and Interactivity."
The event will be "moderated," with readers asked to send in questions before it begins, which started yesterday.
JANE HAMSHER will be participating in the Post event, which begins at 10:00 a.m./Pacific, but she'll be at a different location. Comments received on firedoglake will be not be subject to a moderator. It will be free speech in action.
It was just one week ago that the WashingtonPost.com turned off comments on post.blog. No doubt, it’s been a week that paper will never forget.
It all started with Deborah Howell’s “Getting the Story on Jack Abramoff.” As the Post has been describing what happened next, Ms. Howell received “comments containing personal attacks, profanity and hate speech.” The step they took in response is what inspired this blog. They turned their comment sections off.
Today, the WashingtonPost.com will have a live event to talk about how comments should have been handled and could be handled in the future, if and when the Post decides to bring that function back online. They've entitled the event: "Panel: Ethics and Interactivity."
The event will be "moderated," with readers asked to send in questions before it begins, which started yesterday.
JANE HAMSHER will be participating in the Post event, which begins at 10:00 a.m./Pacific, but she'll be at a different location. Comments received on firedoglake will be not be subject to a moderator. It will be free speech in action.
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