Comments on: Cleaning up comments http://www.advancingthestory.com/2008/03/10/cleaning-up-comments/ Journalism in a Multimedia World Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:03:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dpotter http://www.advancingthestory.com/2008/03/10/cleaning-up-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-101 dpotter Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:43:35 +0000 http://advancingthestory.wordpress.com/?p=169#comment-101 Update: The Miami Herald has taken similar steps this week to get a handle on comments. In a letter to readers, Editor Anders Gyllenhaal says that "on too many stories, the comments swerve across the clear lines of common decency. Whenever the news brushes up against the cultural fault lines of our times -- from race relations to illegal immigration -- the postings can turn vicious, personal and outright racist." The paper already tried have editors approve comments, and created filters to block profanity (a list that now stretches to 150 words in three languages). So now, readers have to register before commenting. http://www.miamiherald.com/540/story/448207.html Update: The Miami Herald has taken similar steps this week to get a handle on comments. In a letter to readers, Editor Anders Gyllenhaal says that “on too many stories, the comments swerve across the clear lines of common decency. Whenever the news brushes up against the cultural fault lines of our times — from race relations to illegal immigration — the postings can turn vicious, personal and outright racist.”

The paper already tried have editors approve comments, and created filters to block profanity (a list that now stretches to 150 words in three languages). So now, readers have to register before commenting. http://www.miamiherald.com/540/story/448207.html

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