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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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"Hi, please let us know how we can improve further." Read below :
"VERIZON Didn't do Nothing to improve "further". Scared about "Comments" section. Negative Feedback. Shares drop. Not Public opinion. Wash Hands Off Sensitive matters. Bothered about own investment and public image. NY Stock Market Share Prices.
OK, lets see what NEW Owners front Guru Gowrappan can do ? Puppet to Dance to the tunes of new owners or have a say to the voices of the majority public ? ( Subscribers - what they WANT ).
Guru means GOD in Indian. Lets see if this God can answer the prayers of the followers. TRUE GOD.
Followers wishes : " BRING THE COMMENTS BACK ASAP".
YES, here's how you can IMPROVE further... LISTEN TO THE READERS COMMENTS!! Knock, Knock, HELLO !!! Anyone Home ?The "FREE" Press / Media always lament when they are "muzzled" by 'Dictatorship' Governments.
Yet, it is the same "FREE" Press / Media that "muzzles" its readers and viewers, by neither allowing "free" comments nor “freely” allowing to voice one's views and opinions. Hypocracy.
Hope the 'new' owners, Yahoo EMEA Ltd, will begin a dawn of a 'new' era. Desired suggestions :
1 ) FREE SPEECH irrespective of Race, Religion, Caste, Color or Creed.
Even in the choicest of invectives.
2 ) Get rid of the "Report Abuse" button
3 ) Get rid of the "Flag As Inappropriate".
4 ) No Moderators to EDIT or DELETE comments.
( Biased Moderators of Color, Religion, Personal views, etc ).
5 ) “SAFE PLACE” ? Let people have a war of words online, than a physical war on the streets. NO place is "SAFE" nowadays.YAHOO Comments 'were' the BEST in the world. Others have tried, but cant match. NO comparison to Yahoo at all. Yahoo was BEST!
THAT is FREE SPEECH in its TRUE essence. Be the FIRST to take the LEAD, let others follow.
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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 ?