Obama, Interrupted
YBPs, I actually don’t know what to think about this story, so I am asking you.
CBSNews.com recently reported it was disallowing comments for Senator Obama because of the “volume and persistence” of objectionable, racist comments about the Senator.
Conspiracy theorists are convinced it is a convenient measure to reduce the Senator’s publicity and silence some of his constituency. I can understand that concern. On the other hand, is it more harmful to have the negative comments like Post reporter Darryl Fears suggests? He thinks that “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.”
We know there is extreme power and influence to be found on the Internet and the Blogoshpere. But, is this censorship? Is it the appropriate way to strike the balance between true political commentary and hate? Is it fair that none of the other candidates have comments for them disallowed? Perhaps all the candidates comments should be removed. What do you think?
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Comment by JMac on 9 May 2007:
In terms of whether it is the wisest decision in promoting healthy debate of the subjects, I think we all agree that anyone who reads the comments of one who calls Senator Obama a “porch monkey” realizes that the person blogging such nonsense is nothing more than idiot with access to the internet. That being said, CBS is a news outlet with a duty to report, but unfortunately, since the Fairness Doctrine is dead, they do not have to report all sides. True, the raw emotion of anger at such commentary is justifiable, but those kinds of things will follow the Senator throughout the rest of his career. As supporters, we must not waste our time focusing on the ignorance of others. There are other outlets, such as this page, which will report adequately the issues of the campaign.
Comment by credo on 9 May 2007:
Yep, it’s one sided censorship.
Comment by ETS on 9 May 2007:
It’s definitely censorship. CBS has the resources to have someone monitor their site and erase comments that are inappropriate while allowing those that are acceptable … most mainstream media outlets do that anyway.
Comment by Ron T on 9 May 2007:
I completely agree with JMac. Take a look at 98% of articles dealing with a black person and notice the comments. Most people, however, realize that these are made by uneducated and/or ignorant people.
Censoring his comments is not going to help the matter. It’s only going to cut down on his publicity. If they wish to keep it fair, disable ALL comments for ALL candidates.
You think anyone will have this discussion about Ron Paul being censored alltogether?