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Shit is getting ugly.....

CBSNEWS.COM


CBSNews.com Turns Off Comments on Obama Stories
Posted by Brian Montopoli

(AP Photo)

Today CBSNews.com informed its staff via email that they should no longer enable comments on stories about presidential candidate Barack Obama. The reason for the new policy, according to the email, is that stories about Obama have been attracting too many racist comments.

"It's very simple," Mike Sims, director of News and Operations for CBSNews.com, told me. "We have our Rules of Engagement. They prohibit personal attacks, especially racist attacks. Stories about Obama have been problematic, and we won't tolerate it."

CBSNews.com does sometimes delete comments on an individual basis, but Sims said that was not sufficient in the case of Obama stories due to "the volume and the persistence" of the objectionable comments.

There has been a fierce debate about how news outlets should handle reader comments. Washingtonpost.com's Jim Brady, whose site, like CBSNews.com, does not have the resources to filter comments in advance, told Howard Kurtz that he'd "rather figure out a way to do it better than not to do it at all."

But Post reporter Darryl Fears told Kurtz that comments should be eliminated if they can't be pre-screened for offensiveness.

"If you're an African American and you read about someone being called a porch monkey, that overrides any positive thing that you would read in the comments," he said.

CBSNews.com has no plans to disable comments on stories about the other presidential candidates, according to Sims. As for comments on Obama stories, he said the site is open to eventually bringing them back.

"We'd like to be able to return to them, and I'm not ruling that out," said Sims. "But at this point it's not possible."

 

[The Black HHH]

"If you're an African American and you read about someone being called a porch monkey, that overrides any positive thing that you would read in the comments," he said.

They were just happy to put this in the article.
White cat was probably giggling as he said this.

 

[smiffnwessun]

Thats been going on for a while there's no getting around how racist this country actually is this country is ailing from a racial sickness. The whites are extremely hateful the internet is now being polluted by these racist thoughts that we were always aware of but the anonymity of the net allows a new playing field for american racist attitudes.

 

[Onyx]

It never failed with yahoo.com's message boards for stories on any minority, anything negative or even positive attracted the race trolls. They were supposed to bring it back but I think they decided to hell with it. I mean pages and pages of racist shit.

 

[elchoccolatte]

They were just happy to put this in the article.
White cat was probably giggling as he said this.

That shit right there could've been left out...

 

[J Storm]

Why dont they just Delete the FEEDBACK section like Yahoo did?

 

[Spectrum]

The whites are extremely hateful the internet is now being polluted by these racist thoughts that we were always aware of but the anonymity of the net allows a new playing field for american racist attitudes.

Man. On sites like youtube.. I dont even read the comments anymore.. even on espn.com since they have created a "comment on this story" section, I can't read the comments half the time because there are always unnecessary and blatantly racists comments...

It really makes me wonder how much of a chance Obama really has because the mass population displays its bigotry through the anonymity of the net.

 

[Ing4life]

That shit right there could've been left out...

I agree. Dont stoop to their level homie.

If these racists had any sense they would know that Obama aint on no black/white shit. My dude is truly for all people, and he's sincere about it. I hope enough people understand that by the time the elections come out.

 

[the_monsterous_monster]

regardless of how rascist or negative the comment, people have the right to say it...CBS, as a company, also has the right to shut down the option of allowing public commentary on their website....as a result, I'm somewhere in the middle of what my stance on this subject is...just because people can't post their venom doesn't hinder them from harboring their hatred and flawed logic...I think maybe allowing the commentary would be better because that would lead to open dialogue....whatever....shit is alot more complex....just shutting shit down barely serves as a bandage....

 

[daddy_black]

They have the right to say it, but they should post a pic and their address.

 

[alexw]

See I like when they spew hate. Too many of us are way to comfortable in America. Too many of us think all is well here. Everytime I used to read Yahoo, youtube, aol, and other boards, it was always a wake up call. Everyday a black man is getting mentally raped in this country due to racism. In the courts, we get harsher sentences, theyre giving us diseases, flooding our neighborhoods with crack, and recently theyre delivering fake condoms in our communities. But we're comfortable. Let those racists utilize their free speech. We need it. We need to understand America is just as fucked up as its ever been, its just hidden until you try to make it. I just read today that blacks with the same credit as whites or better, are denied loans or are given a much higher rate( its on yahoo now go read it). Yall better wake up!

 

[TRUFICTION]

See I like when they spew hate. Too many of us are way to comfortable in America. Too many of us think all is well here. Everytime I used to read Yahoo, youtube, aol, and other boards, it was always a wake up call. Everyday a black man is getting mentally raped in this country due to racism. In the courts, we get harsher sentences, theyre giving us diseases, flooding our neighborhoods with crack, and recently theyre delivering fake condoms in our communities. But we're comfortable. Let those racists utilize their free speech. We need it. We need to understand America is just as fucked up as its ever been, its just hidden until you try to make it. I just read today that blacks with the same credit as whites or better, are denied loans or are given a much higher rate( its on yahoo now go read it). Yall better wake up!

YOU ARE TOTALLY ON POINT.
BECAUSE OF OBAMAS RUN AND
THE THREAT OF HIS POSSIBILITY OF WINNING
WE WILL SEE A LOT OF UNDERCOVER RACIST COME OUT OF THE CLOSET
AND THERE WILL BE A DISTINCTIVE DIVIDE IN OUR CULTURE.
I WELCOME THE SHIT.

I THINK THAT WHILE THIS ELECTION PROCESS IS GOING ON
THERE WILL BE A DECREASE IN SLICK LIL RACISM
IT WILL BE MORE OUT IN THE OPEN AND IT WILL BE OPENLY ATTACKED.
YALL BETTER PAY ATTENTION

 

[LSN]

See I like when they spew hate. Too many of us are way to comfortable in America. Too many of us think all is well here. Everytime I used to read Yahoo, youtube, aol, and other boards, it was always a wake up call. Everyday a black man is getting mentally raped in this country due to racism. In the courts, we get harsher sentences, theyre giving us diseases, flooding our neighborhoods with crack, and recently theyre delivering fake condoms in our communities. But we're comfortable. Let those racists utilize their free speech. We need it. We need to understand America is just as fucked up as its ever been, its just hidden until you try to make it. I just read today that blacks with the same credit as whites or better, are denied loans or are given a much higher rate( its on yahoo now go read it). Yall better wake up!

Cosign 1000%...this just justifies my "fuck you" attitude and stance toward white people...shit...people in general cause unfortunately it's not just whites who are racist but other races and some of our own as well...racism lays an awful hand over the heads of a lot of people in this country...

 

[Rah]

See I like when they spew hate. Too many of us are way to comfortable in America. Too many of us think all is well here. Everytime I used to read Yahoo, youtube, aol, and other boards, it was always a wake up call. Everyday a black man is getting mentally raped in this country due to racism. In the courts, we get harsher sentences, theyre giving us diseases, flooding our neighborhoods with crack, and recently theyre delivering fake condoms in our communities. But we're comfortable. Let those racists utilize their free speech. We need it. We need to understand America is just as fucked up as its ever been, its just hidden until you try to make it. I just read today that blacks with the same credit as whites or better, are denied loans or are given a much higher rate( its on yahoo now go read it). Yall better wake up!

Everyday I'm always trying explain this to my coworkers. It doesn't matter if these white people smile in your face, joke with you, or what ever, 9 times out of 10 they are calling you and everyone that looks like you, a nigga when they get home. Believe that.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

It never failed with yahoo.com's message boards for stories on any minority, anything negative or even positive attracted the race trolls. They were supposed to bring it back but I think they decided to hell with it. I mean pages and pages of racist shit.

yeah yahoo was notorious for that shit.. i remember after coretta scott king died the shit they was typing was sick..had me looking for a cracka to slap

yeah that shit is on MSN,Espn, CNN you name they have nothing better to d than to fuck with us