"She is a Liar" - Why The Lansing Journal has a Comment Policy 250109

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YouTube friends, you might not be interested in this video, especially if you never visit The Lansing Journal's website (https://thelansingjournal.com). We do have a Comment Policy on our website, and the more we write about Tiffany Henyard and Thornton Township, the more we have to enforce it. So Managing Editor Carole Sharwarko and Publisher Melanie Jongsma spent some time explaining the thought that goes into moderating website comments.

Time stamps for this video:
0:00 - Introduction
1:13 - Where to find our Comment Policy (https://thelansingjournal.com/about-u...)
1:15 - Why most newspapers don't allow comments
2:03 - Why The Lansing Journal does allow comments
3:09 - Why we're talking about our Comment Policy
4:08 - No foul language
4:49 - Thoughtfulness and respect; no personal attacks
6:15 - An example of a comment we questioned
10:01 - We rarely allow anonymity
11:22 - "Let me talk about our YouTube commenters"
13:05 - It's a unique online community that we want to protect

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