The Public’s Role in Journalism

A couple thoughts. Citizens can participate in the news in myriad ways. The least interesting and influential is after-the-fact commenting once a story runs or airs. And, yet, this kind of reactive conversation seems to pre-occupy mainstream newsrooms. I’d suggest you turn commenting off, or at least closely guard it. Most newsrooms already use software to keep noxious people at bay or alert editors to offensive language.  Nothing in the Constitution says you ought to tolerate idiots.

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Thanks to stevenf’s shutup.css, as a consumer, I don’t have to tolerate idiots. It’s effective and makes my experience better but it is passive. How can we tell websites we’re using shutup.css. Change User Agent to say something like ‘Safari 4.0.4. - Mac - Comments Disabled’?

BTW- Sweetness is the shit.

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