Jul 21, 2008
Stupid is as stupid does
Why Newspapers shouldn’t allow comments
In which the writer pulls memorable comments from the NYT site such as this as proof of her thesis:
“if he wasn’t a reporter for the new york times, would we be reading this?”
“Monetizing your shameful past is disgusting. Haven’t you harmed your loved ones enough for one lifetime?”
I totally agree. Newspapers are allowing far too much conversation. And though only 5% of it is trash – that outweighs the other 95%. In fact – on that basis I now believe that because of this one ill-informed column newspapers (and Web sites) should not allow columnists. It just isn’t worth it!
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Zac Echola
Rex Sorgatz (of fimoculous.com fame) destroys most of the column in the comments at Gawker, so much so that I didn’t feel there was anything to add.
Jul 21st, 2008
Damon
Zac – just went back and read the comments – was too frustrated to read them all the first time through. Yep – think Rex sums it up pretty well.
Jul 22nd, 2008
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