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1. The George Zimmerman Verdict in the Trayvon Martin Case.

Although I strongly recommend ignoring the comments. Unless of course you want your blood pressure to go up, then go right ahead. It is however reassuring to note that professional columnists get crazy comments too. Also people? CNN is NOT a reliable source on legal information. Actually they are rarely reliable any more on much of anything. I go to Huffington Post and cross check against fact-checker.org, smoking-gun.org, and various other outlets.

2. Fascinating Review of Donna Tartt's The Secret History which appears to have been posted by Donna Tartt on Facebook. I agree with the Review.

Date: 2013-07-14 01:37 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] elisi
It is however reassuring to note that professional columnists get crazy comments too.
He's currently in Paris, learning French, hence the lack of hands-on moderating. Don't worry, it'll come. He has no time for idiots or trolls.

Date: 2013-07-14 03:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadowkat67.livejournal.com
Actually it was the New Yorker article, which he references, that I was referring to. Jean's article "Blood on the Leaves" has gotten overwhelmed by trolls.

Date: 2013-07-14 03:35 pm (UTC)
elisi: Edwin and Charles (Default)
From: [personal profile] elisi
Ah, that makes more sense. Ta-Nehisi patrols his comments extremely carefully, which is why he now gets tons of interesting & insightful people hanging out in his blog. Not that trolls don't descend, but he tends to use the ban hammer.

Date: 2013-07-14 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadowkat67.livejournal.com
A man after my own heart. I do the same thing. You have to on the internet. And you have to be harsh. Troll descends? Troll gets deleted and either clicked as spam (if anonymous) or banned if lj user. No exceptions, no warnings, and no explanations.

Otherwise you'll get inundated by nitwits...which, ahem, life is too short.

The New Yorker columnist clearly doesn't read or monitor her comments.
So it's a free-for-all.

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