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Daily drops comments on some articles

   August 24, 2010


Not the Pensacola News Journal, but the Marion Star, another Gannett-owned paper. The Managing Editor Tom Graser writes that the paper will not allow reader comments on its crime reports.

We disable comments on the police beat because people were constantly violating our terms of service in making unfounded accusations, name-calling and personal attacks.

Read Crime policy changes explained. So Gannett papers can make decisions about whether to allow reader comments or not.

Interesting note: Marion Star was once owned by Warren G. Harding. Gannett bought it in 2000.

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