Jun 29, 2010

The new frontier (we can hope!).

     Finally, some courageous Alabama newspapers have decided no more anonymous comments after stories...almost.
     The Daily Home and it's sister papers will require an e-mail address be posted for each comment, which is certainly better than somebody with a fake cutesy online name to use while insulting and  mocking people. But you can create new email accounts every five seconds if you want, and then delete them once you're finished trashing someone.
     Better to use the already established policy for letters to the editor: a name and address, with just the real name used in the paper.
     Say what you want, you DO have freedom of speech!
     But have the courage to say who you are.
     Newspapers who let people take shots without any I.D. drag themselves down into the gutter with the commentators.
     

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