Comments on: Is the AJC Making a Move to the Right or a Move to the Local? http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Sat, 02 Nov 2013 11:30:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8471 Decatur Metro Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:45:54 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8471 Lump, I think this is where I…

A: Start swearing at you
B: Threaten you with moderation for “personally attacking” yourself.

Ha! But seriously, thanks. :-)

]]> By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8470 Decatur Metro Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:41:44 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8470 Ha! I totally forgot about robbing that dry-cleaners with a sword!

But seriously Rick, there seems to be a bit of ATL discrimination embedded in your comments lately. What gives?

]]> By: dem http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8469 dem Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:30:12 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8469 Most e-mailed on Boston.com as of 3 minutes ago (I did not see a separate ranking of most read):

1. Snowbirds flock to bargains
2. Man tries to rob dry cleaners with sword
3. Study bolsters charred-meat link to pancreatic cancer
4. Earth Day 2009
5. Sources: Craigslist suspect kept victims’ underwear as mementos
6. Picture dim as liquidator gets Filene’s Basement
7. Dog-friendly Element, Mitsubishis at Sam’s Club, Japan’s old car incentives

AJC’s list of “most popular” as of the same time:

1. Reports: Freddie Mac official found dead
2. Cobb EMC offices, homes of 2 board members searched
3. Grady consultant makes $1,600 a day
4. Former NFL star ‘Refrigerator’ Perry hospitalized in S.C.
5. Mountain home to be raffled off for $50

Seattle Times’ most read:

1. Bellevue mom, son attacked by Craigslist “seller”
2. Boat ‘missing’ in the San Juans found this morning: Those onboard didn’t know they were missing
3. Nicole Brodeur | 1,400 apply: “I was the lucky one”
Jerry Brewer | Seahawks need immediate starter with No. 4 pick
4. Most of former UW football coaches have landed jobs
5. Body found in Bellevue business park
6. Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official
7. Prosecutors say teen pirate was brazen ringleader
8. Jarrod Washburn fights cramp, leads Mariners to 4-2 victory
9. Cat fatally shot in Seattle’s Wedgwood area; another is stabbed in South Seattle
10. Obama open to Hill probe of harsh interrogations

Is it your position that this in some way proves that discourse is more civil in Boston or Seattle?

]]> By: lumpintheroad http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8468 lumpintheroad Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:30:45 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8468 Not to sound like a kiss ass, but I think the comments here are proof that it’s perfectly possible.

]]> By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8467 Decatur Metro Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:05:18 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8467 So its impossible to disagree civilly?

]]> By: Rick http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8466 Rick Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:04:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8466 Its a waste of time looking at AJC comments. All it is is a bunch of frustrated little people at constant war with each other. (wide scale war is a projection of all the little wars happening in those people’s minds) I didn’t realize thier was so much prevalent neurosis out there until I was looking at those comments. In many other parts of the country the discourse seems to be a bit more civil. Also, notice what the top read stories are on the AJC website and compare that to the top read stories on seattletimes.com or boston.com or nyt.com. Pretty frightening what seems to draw peoples attention in the Atlanta metro area.

]]> By: lumpintheroad http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8465 lumpintheroad Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:01:30 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8465 There’s a difference between civil discourse and someone performing the online equivalent of spitting in your face. The AJC comments are a textbook example of how NOT to do the Internet.

]]> By: Hack http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/20/is-the-ajc-making-a-move-to-the-right-or-a-move-to-the-local/#comment-8464 Hack Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:55:11 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8464 Really, what’s the point of an online discussion if everyone has
to play nice and agree. Are we really setting up community
forums for folks who all want to say the same things in the nicest
ways possible. If that’s the case, what’s the point? I already
know how I feel. I don’t need an echo chamber to feel
connected to any community.

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