Salon removes few comments

Salon's Jason Chupick says Salon has rarely had to remove comments on its site. Since the site launched its comment feature three months ago, the site has had to remove fewer than 10 comments.

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I haven't checked in with Salon in a while, but does this refer to the things the mag calls "letters"? I assume so.

Salon says it "reserves the right to delete any letter at its discretion; for example we may remove letters that are far off-topic or excessively rude, or that violate the law or common decency, or when we have reason to doubt the veracity of the signature."

If it reserves all those rights, does it not open itself to liability, no matter how few it exercises the rights upon? And who makes the decision? Does someone read every "letter to the editor"? These are the things I wonder.

Posted by Michael Andersen at January 25, 2006 7:27 PM

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