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Journal of maynard (3337)

WANTED: experiences of censorship at Huffington Post

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Monday December 03 2007, @03:33PM
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I recently had a comment censored and my account posting privileges revoked at Huffington Post after submitting a single comment. The article concerned Depression, not mainstream politics:

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My comment questioned the author's use of a NY Times lay article to refute an assertion quoted by another author, a psychiatrist whose quoted work cited peer reviewed studies to support his assertion. For this my comment was not published and my posting privileges suspended.

I've send two emails to the editorial staff at Huffington Post, none of which have been returned. I must now assume this is policy at the site and not a rogue editor.

QUESTION: Has anyone else experienced this type of arbitrary and capricious censorship there? If so, may I quote you? Please reply here or contact me by email. I am working on an article about the issue.

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    • I need specific examples from people willing to offer quotes and provide context. Claims on a board like LGF or FreeRepublic does not count. Particularly since finding material there would suggest that Huffington Post editors only censor on partisan grounds, which was not the case in my circumstance.