Why reporters should cover Trump: The president abuses journalists at his daily briefings.
Jay Rosen gives 13 reasons they should “stick around for that,” even though the president misinforms the nation.
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Wall Street Journal Tames Online Commentary
Wall Street Journal tames online commentary: Select articles will be open for audience posts, writes Louise Story, to encourage “thoughtful discourse.”
Aims to focus on “original comments,” not on boisterous “repliers” who don’t read the articles.
Weeding Out Toxic Commentary
Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. finds a way to weed out toxic commentary: Take a quiz.
Many large media organizations eliminated their comment sections because of abusive commentary, writes Steve Friess. The Guardian, for example, last year closed comments under articles on race, immigration and Islam because they attract “unacceptable levels of toxic commentary.”
A short quiz on the contents of a story, the Norwegian brainstorm, unlocks access to the comments section.
“We wanted to create a bump in the road to make people think a bit before ranting away,” a source tells Friess.
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