07.16.2009 11:36 am

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editors this morning shut down readers’ ability to comment on the story “Drugs played no role in Coleman slayings.” Before the shutdown, the story drew 1,189 comments. Many of them were inappropriate, some vulgar.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com staffers try…

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04.27.2009 9:00 pm

Student newspaper pulls the plug on online story comments

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

SIU-Carbondale’s college newspaper, the Daily Egyptian, has suspended online story comments, its editor told readers in a note last week.

“Congratulations,” wrote Editor Allison Petty, “It is not easy to offend college students who spend most of their time in a…

Tags: Allison Petty, Daily Egyptian, director of social media, Kurt Greenbaum, online story comments, reader reaction, SIC-C, SIU-Carbondale, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLtoday.com, story comments

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Student newspaper pulls the plug on online story comments

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