Comments on: Local Gov’t Officials Censoring Newspaper’s Forum? http://christopherhedges.com/2008/07/11/local-govt-officials-censoring-newspapers-forum/ Attorney serving Northwest Indiana's legal needs Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Christopher C. Hedges http://christopherhedges.com/2008/07/11/local-govt-officials-censoring-newspapers-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-3740 Christopher C. Hedges Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:27 +0000 http://christopherhedges.com/?p=926#comment-3740 Hi Joe, Thanks for sharing the story of what happened in Fort Myers. You're right that its an old story that has updated for the modern times. All too often, government officials forget they are there to serve to public -- not the other way around. Hi Joe,

Thanks for sharing the story of what happened in Fort Myers. You’re right that its an old story that has updated for the modern times. All too often, government officials forget they are there to serve to public — not the other way around.

]]> By: Joe Tittiger http://christopherhedges.com/2008/07/11/local-govt-officials-censoring-newspapers-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 Joe Tittiger Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:42:26 +0000 http://christopherhedges.com/?p=926#comment-3739 Here in Fort Myers local government cajoled, threatened an terrorized the owner of a private discussion board that was discussing things that made them uncomfortable. This is a wide spread problem that is not new. What is new is that with the Internet it is now out in the open. Good Luck! Joe Fort Myers FL http://truthtribune.com Here in Fort Myers local government cajoled, threatened an terrorized the owner of a private discussion board that was discussing things that made them uncomfortable. This is a wide spread problem that is not new. What is new is that with the Internet it is now out in the open. Good Luck!

Joe
Fort Myers FL
http://truthtribune.com

]]> By: Which Is Better Times or Post-Tribune? | Christopher Hedges http://christopherhedges.com/2008/07/11/local-govt-officials-censoring-newspapers-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-3383 Which Is Better Times or Post-Tribune? | Christopher Hedges Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:38:41 +0000 http://christopherhedges.com/?p=926#comment-3383 [...] with the Times’ forums is that they are dominated by the local political elites, so much that dissent is deleted from the forums by people using local government computers using tools that allow participants to “self-police” the site. Share and [...] [...] with the Times’ forums is that they are dominated by the local political elites, so much that dissent is deleted from the forums by people using local government computers using tools that allow participants to “self-police” the site. Share and [...]

]]> By: Christopher C. Hedges http://christopherhedges.com/2008/07/11/local-govt-officials-censoring-newspapers-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-3182 Christopher C. Hedges Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:25:48 +0000 http://christopherhedges.com/?p=926#comment-3182 Hi Steve, It's a good idea to draw people out into the blogging world -- maybe some of the forumites will end up creating their own blogs. I don't necessarily blame the newspaper -- they probably don't have the staff to keep up with what is going on in the forum. However, they might need to "deputize" some trust folks who can volunteer as moderators -- rather than allow the political elites to cut the tongues out of those who dare to speak against them. Hi Steve,

It’s a good idea to draw people out into the blogging world — maybe some of the forumites will end up creating their own blogs.

I don’t necessarily blame the newspaper — they probably don’t have the staff to keep up with what is going on in the forum. However, they might need to “deputize” some trust folks who can volunteer as moderators — rather than allow the political elites to cut the tongues out of those who dare to speak against them.

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