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OhBeeHave · 03-06-2018, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by MemoryMaker

Lol @ everybody butthurt at that Neo-Nazi comment section being shut down.

The Newsday comment section was up there with Stormfront. If there was a story that so much as involved a minority then they would be *flooded* with racist comments (but of course the white perps would be treated as just "confused", "misguided" or in just in need of help).

Have whatever opinion you want and lean as "right-wing" as you please but if you can't be civilized about expressing your speech then maybe that privelege shouldn't be for you..

I take it you read Stormfront, otherwise how would you be able to make the comparison?

OhBeeHave · 03-06-2018, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by martinjsxx

Newsday is so politically correct that they omit the race of an at-large suspect in a crime, instead giving the color of their clothes.

SO true. The perp was 5'9" wearing a blue sweatshirt, blue jeans and work boots. Ever so helpful.

OhBeeHave · 03-06-2018, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by markjames68

I loved the comments, many were very amusing. I think the Editorial Board collectively has thin skin.

This! The comments were amusing, especially when there was left v right banter at play.

OhBeeHave · 03-06-2018, 08:35 AM

Anyone remember when News12 had a comment board -- long before Altice took over.

OhBeeHave · 03-06-2018, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by North2South2017

.....and a black handgun.

??!!!

The perp wouldn't have a handgun. Criminals follow the gun laws just like the rest of us.

martinjsxx · 03-06-2018, 11:07 AM

This may be a coincidence but there was a Newsday story about a fatal one vehicle accident and someone sarcastically commented that the tree must have jumped in front of the vehicle. The deceased's sister than commented angrily back to that comment. An hour later both comments were deleted and then a few hours later all comments were "temporarily on hold" and have been ever since. Maybe that was the final straw for Newsday.

Player01 · 03-07-2018, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by martinjsxx

This may be a coincidence but there was a Newsday story about a fatal one vehicle accident and someone sarcastically commented that the tree must have jumped in front of the vehicle. The deceased's sister than commented angrily back to that comment. An hour later both comments were deleted and then a few hours later all comments were "temporarily on hold" and have been ever since. Maybe that was the final straw for Newsday.

Could have been. I recall seeing something very similar a little while back. Someone made a terrible comment about someone that had been killed in an accident and a relative saw it and was (of course) very upset.

ChalkItUp · 03-07-2018, 09:24 AM

There's really no reason now to even go to Newsday. The comments were the only section worth reading. One gets more information about Long Island just by coming here and most times the journalistic integrity is better.

markjames68 · 03-07-2018, 02:20 PM

An article today would get classic comments - “Forecasters say LI to get 6+ inches”. Instead just boring...

markjames68 · 03-07-2018, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ChalkItUp

There's really no reason now to even go to Newsday. The comments were the only section worth reading. One gets more information about Long Island just by coming here and most times the journalistic integrity is better.

I once had a conversation with Carl Bernstein who said Newsday was the best tabloid format paper out there. I wonder what he’d say now.