feed icon

Pageviews

By Kleinheider Posted on November 5, 2009 at 10:15 am

Metro Pulse asks why newspapers are always unbridled commentary from the unwashed to appear beneath their articles:

Around the city, and indeed the nation at large, many are beginning to wonder aloud why newspapers are allowing their sites, under their brands and alongside their advertisements, to serve as platforms for misinformation, abuse, and bigotry. Even the most insipid comments beg the question, What value do these remarks provide to the community? And how do they fit within a newspaper’s role?

permalink

Comments

3 Responses to “Pageviews”

  1. Number9 writes
    November 5th, 2009 1:42 pm

    More here:

    http://www.knoxviews.com/node/12411#comment-84780

    The discussion of click-throughs and how that relates to advertising rates is interesting. Does having a hot comment section with lots of click-throughs allow higher advertising rates? And does that tend to create the need to allow more provocative comments to drive revenues?

  2. Number9 writes
    November 5th, 2009 1:44 pm

    Also in the Metro Pulse column is a discussion of the FBI subpoena at the KNS and how that was handled.

    More here:

    http://tennesseefree.com/2009/11/05/the-supression-of-news-in-knoxville/

  3. redhead335 writes
    November 6th, 2009 9:11 pm

    I don’t think it’s so much wondering aloud why newspapers are allowing their sites, under their brands and alongside their advertisements, to serve as platforms for misinformation, abuse, and bigotry as it is your shock that people actually voice opinions that you don’t agree with. What value do these remarks provide to the community? One man’s characterization of opposing opinion as “misinformation, abuse, and bigotry” is another man’s truth.

Leave a Reply




Partly Cloudy

The Collective

The Latest from NashvillePost.com

Archives