Comments on: Newspapers: Stop Hiding Behind The First Amendment http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/ Social Media Consulting, Public Speaking and Education Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marygoldwinbis http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-46923 Marygoldwinbis Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-46923 Calling the people who frequent them “people” is sometimes a stretch. The spirit of the First Amendment is to ensure that people aren’t censored and should not fear retribution for honest and fair discourse. __________ Mary Calling the people who frequent them “people” is sometimes a stretch.
The spirit of the First Amendment is to ensure that people aren’t
censored and should not fear retribution for honest and fair discourse.
__________
Mary

]]> By: Marygoldwinbis http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-46924 Marygoldwinbis Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-46924 Calling the people who frequent them “people” is sometimes a stretch. The spirit of the First Amendment is to ensure that people aren’t censored and should not fear retribution for honest and fair discourse. __________ Mary Calling the people who frequent them “people” is sometimes a stretch.
The spirit of the First Amendment is to ensure that people aren’t
censored and should not fear retribution for honest and fair discourse.
__________
Mary

]]> By: Watson http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-35993 Watson Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:04:49 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-35993 Our rights to live free and happiness and to enjoy life free without someone taking away our rights as human being was suppose to be our constitutional right . To be defamed not knowing the truth is injustice to anyone . They say only the truth is protected by our law on being defamed, is this law the truth or a lie we will see by Clems case. These newspaper sights violate everyone's rights also by interfering with your right to pursue happiness without being condemned by people who have no right to even judge someone else by their own standards.They let readers do their dirty work for them while they sit back and sell their papers based on someones mental and emotional expense who knows when you maybe the next victim? Our rights to live free and happiness and to enjoy life free without someone taking away our rights as human being was suppose to be our constitutional right . To be defamed not knowing the truth is injustice to anyone . They say only the truth is protected by our law on being defamed, is this law the truth or a lie we will see by Clems case. These newspaper sights violate everyone's rights also by interfering with your right to pursue happiness without being condemned by people who have no right to even judge someone else by their own standards.They let readers do their dirty work for them while they sit back and sell their papers based on someones mental and emotional expense who knows when you maybe the next victim?

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]]> By: greggorman http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-23195 greggorman Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-23195 I *absolutely* agree. Our local paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, not only allowed anonymous comments, but by default, showed comments at the bottom of each article. Now they allow users to report posts, and make them require a click to see the comments. An improvement, only so much that I *never* read the comments, as they are useless and 90+% "turds".<br><br>A MUCH MUCH better way for newspapers to create a two-way converstaion was discussed on Saturday's "This Week In Google", of all places. It began with a big discussion about the Rochester newspaper, and a program being put together by the Rochester Institute of Technology, combining gaming and exploring the local sights in Rochester. It sounds like a fantastic program. Here's the link to RIT: <a href="http://igm.rit.edu/node/392" rel="nofollow">http://igm.rit.edu/node/392</a> The program (and website) is called Picture The Impossible.<br><br>I heard about it on This Week In Google; <a href="http://twit.tv/twig" rel="nofollow">http://twit.tv/twig</a>.<br><br>I'd love to see online newspapers go to something like this, and eliminate their user comments or, as Jason suggests, make the users accountable. I *absolutely* agree. Our local paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, not only allowed anonymous comments, but by default, showed comments at the bottom of each article. Now they allow users to report posts, and make them require a click to see the comments. An improvement, only so much that I *never* read the comments, as they are useless and 90+% “turds”.

A MUCH MUCH better way for newspapers to create a two-way converstaion was discussed on Saturday's “This Week In Google”, of all places. It began with a big discussion about the Rochester newspaper, and a program being put together by the Rochester Institute of Technology, combining gaming and exploring the local sights in Rochester. It sounds like a fantastic program. Here's the link to RIT: http://igm.rit.edu/node/392 The program (and website) is called Picture The Impossible.

I heard about it on This Week In Google; http://twit.tv/twig.

I'd love to see online newspapers go to something like this, and eliminate their user comments or, as Jason suggests, make the users accountable.

]]> By: greggorman http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-30079 greggorman Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-30079 I *absolutely* agree. Our local paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, not only allowed anonymous comments, but by default, showed comments at the bottom of each article. Now they allow users to report posts, and make them require a click to see the comments. An improvement, only so much that I *never* read the comments, as they are useless and 90+% "turds".<br><br>A MUCH MUCH better way for newspapers to create a two-way conversation was discussed on Saturday's "This Week In Google", of all places. It began with a big discussion about the Rochester newspaper, and a program being put together by the Rochester Institute of Technology, combining gaming and exploring the local sights in Rochester. It sounds like a fantastic program. Here's the link to RIT: <a href="http://igm.rit.edu/node/392" rel="nofollow">http://igm.rit.edu/node/392</a> The program (and website) is called Picture The Impossible.<br><br>I heard about it on This Week In Google; <a href="http://twit.tv/twig" rel="nofollow">http://twit.tv/twig</a>.<br><br>I'd love to see online newspapers go to something like this, and eliminate their user comments or, as Jason suggests, make the users accountable. I *absolutely* agree. Our local paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, not only allowed anonymous comments, but by default, showed comments at the bottom of each article. Now they allow users to report posts, and make them require a click to see the comments. An improvement, only so much that I *never* read the comments, as they are useless and 90+% “turds”.

A MUCH MUCH better way for newspapers to create a two-way conversation was discussed on Saturday's “This Week In Google”, of all places. It began with a big discussion about the Rochester newspaper, and a program being put together by the Rochester Institute of Technology, combining gaming and exploring the local sights in Rochester. It sounds like a fantastic program. Here's the link to RIT: http://igm.rit.edu/node/392 The program (and website) is called Picture The Impossible.

I heard about it on This Week In Google; http://twit.tv/twig.

I'd love to see online newspapers go to something like this, and eliminate their user comments or, as Jason suggests, make the users accountable.

]]> By: rxfrchng http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-23193 rxfrchng Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:55:10 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-23193 True story: a fellow that I work with does body recovery dives for local law enforcement from time to time. He performed a recovery dive a few years ago and found the body. Foul play was suspected. When the story broke on the local newspaper's website, anonymous commenters fingered my co-worker, the recovery diver. His only connection to the missing person, whose body he recovered was that the local law enforcement hired him to do the dive. Needless to say, he was extremely upset by the allegations posted by anonymous users. <br><br>I completely agree that posters need to be held accountable. The garbage posts on our local newspaper's website make me weep for the future. I've seen some pretty nasty comment threads on Facebook, so even when communication is not completely anonymous, people will still act like idiots. True story: a fellow that I work with does body recovery dives for local law enforcement from time to time. He performed a recovery dive a few years ago and found the body. Foul play was suspected. When the story broke on the local newspaper's website, anonymous commenters fingered my co-worker, the recovery diver. His only connection to the missing person, whose body he recovered was that the local law enforcement hired him to do the dive. Needless to say, he was extremely upset by the allegations posted by anonymous users.

I completely agree that posters need to be held accountable. The garbage posts on our local newspaper's website make me weep for the future. I've seen some pretty nasty comment threads on Facebook, so even when communication is not completely anonymous, people will still act like idiots.

]]> By: rxfrchng http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-30080 rxfrchng Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:55:10 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-30080 True story: a fellow that I work with does body recovery dives for local law enforcement from time to time. He performed a recovery dive a few years ago and found the body. Foul play was suspected. When the story broke on the local newspaper's website, anonymous commenters fingered my co-worker, the recovery diver. His only connection to the missing person, whose body he recovered was that the local law enforcement hired him to do the dive. Needless to say, he was extremely upset by the allegations posted by anonymous users. <br><br>I completely agree that posters need to be held accountable. The garbage posts on our local newspaper's website make me weep for the future. I've seen some pretty nasty comment threads on Facebook, so even when communication is not completely anonymous, people will still act like idiots. True story: a fellow that I work with does body recovery dives for local law enforcement from time to time. He performed a recovery dive a few years ago and found the body. Foul play was suspected. When the story broke on the local newspaper's website, anonymous commenters fingered my co-worker, the recovery diver. His only connection to the missing person, whose body he recovered was that the local law enforcement hired him to do the dive. Needless to say, he was extremely upset by the allegations posted by anonymous users.

I completely agree that posters need to be held accountable. The garbage posts on our local newspaper's website make me weep for the future. I've seen some pretty nasty comment threads on Facebook, so even when communication is not completely anonymous, people will still act like idiots.

]]> By: Ed http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-23192 Ed Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:10:13 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-23192 "Anonymous" "free speech" is for cowards. “Anonymous” “free speech” is for cowards.

]]> By: Ed http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/media-journalism/newspapers-stop-hiding-behind-the-first-amendment/comment-page-2/#comment-30081 Ed Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:10:13 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=1657#comment-30081 "Anonymous" "free speech" is for cowards. “Anonymous” “free speech” is for cowards.

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