Comments Strategies At ‘Big 10’ Reviewed

A new review from Editor & Publisher compares and contrasts comment moderation policies at America’s ten largest newspapers.

The author examines the affiliated websites for newspapers including USA Today and The New York Times and looks at the differences in guidelines and publishing rules.

According to Ernest L Wiggins, all of the ten sites have some kind of system in place to moderate comments submitted by users and these range from staff screening to peer moderation.

The academic also gives his views on the various ‘notes to contributors’ sections, stating that the Los Angeles Times has the harshest rules and identifying the Wall Street Journal’s policies as the most liberal.

Find out more at E & P - "Moderation a Virtue? How 10 Top Sites Handle Online Comments".