Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Articles with no commenting allowed

The BBC is #1 as I note, who write pieces of various levels of interest, but gives no avenue for readers to comment. In contrast the Times Of India allows comments of all color and hue, and allows us to see what the masses have to share about the stories. Yes, this makes the comments section ugly sometimes, but a democracy embraces chaos. And it is out of this chaos that meaning ultimately arises

Another, more specific and recent example is of Bloomberg. In rebuking Greg Smith, the executive who resigned from Goldman Sachs and wrote a scathing op-ed piece on the firm's work ethic and wall street in general -- the article has no provision to comment. What are they scared of?

Decide of yourself (Opens in new window):
Here is the link to the rebuking editorial

Here is the link to the original Op-ed piece

Another side-note: I found it particularly difficult finding the original piece via google, and instead went to lots of other pieces on the original (parodies, etc) -- take home what you will, from that. The WSJ rebuttal also carries the link to the original, but available to paid members only. Sheesh, which planet are they coming from???

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