STEVEN MAVIGLIO
Will Newspapers Be Exposing "Anonymous" Sock Puppet Commenters on Blog Sites?
Great article in the New York Times today noting that some of the nation's major newspapers are revising their policies about anonymous comments to articles -- something the editors at the Sacramento Bee, LA Times, and the state's other major newspapers should read.
As the article notes, online comments haven't been held to the same standard as letters to the editors. Particularly in politics, they are often vile -- and the newspapers and online outlets have shirked their responsibility to require comment posters to own up to how they are.
Here's the article citing how some newspapers are "growing up".
