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Friday, November 6, 2009

How news goes interactive

Check out the comments on the story on last night's mayhem on Hwy 69, offering a very high signal-to-noise ratio and enough different viewpoints to give the reader an almost three-dimensional perspective.
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  1. UnknownNovember 6, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Hi, Steve.... Yes, the comments have been fascinating. I was driving N-bound on 69 last night right about 6:00 and noticed the emergency vehicles go by one after another in the opposite direction. After the fifth or sixth one, I told myself this must be something big. The various reader accounts were very helpful in providing additional context. And a refreshing change from the snarkiness that typically prevails (especially for stories about controlled burns and City Council elections). Fred

    ReplyDelete

I encourage you to share your own views and experience with me and other readers. How you do that matters, and I'm committed to maintaining a place where readers and commenters can feel safe from adolescent BS. So here's the deal:

There are two kinds of anonymous comments: those by people who have a genuine fear of revenge from the dark side, and those from darksiders just hiding to avoid accountability. You may post comments anonymously, but I reserve the right to treat anonymous comments as found items that belong to me and do with them as I see fit.

If, on the other hand, you're willing to stand by your convictions and post under your own name or a regular handle, your comments belong to you, and I'll edit them only on egregious violations of respect for others.

If this doesn't work for you, I'm sure you'll be happier somewhere else.