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Sometimes reader comments might not fit your political views but free speech and political diversity should be important to any serious outlet for news. Anything else is just feeding fake news and pushing a biased agenda.
Neil Yates
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Doc Adviser
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Journalists or article authors may portray their own ideas or perspectives. One sided views. Narrow angle views. They might miss vital insights from others. To notice and realise what they didn't see. Hence all the more need for viewer comments. Like the article : "Why so many Syrian women get divorced when they move to western countries". The author / writer, obviously an Arab woman herself, has failed to realise the real reasons, didn't bother to find out from the divorcees the real reasons, and refuses to accept the real reasons. A perfect example of biased and 'head in the sand' reasoning, and not willing to face and accept reality as to the real reasons why. Even though she and others like her opposing the real reasons are supposedly ' highly educated'.
Hence, all the more need and reason for restoring and having comments from viewers. -
Doc Adviser
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Then what is the difference between FREE SPEECH and DICTATORSHIP ?
Only in THEORY textbooks ? Not in PRACTICAL life ?