Washington Post Blog Shut After Ombudsman's False Statements About Dems. Draws Anger...
Editor & Publisher Joe Strupp January 19, 2006 at 10:41 PM
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Jim Brady, executive editor of The Washington Post's Web site, who took down a popular reader blog Thursday after it overflowed with profane and hateful messages about Ombudsman Deborah Howell, said the blog would likely return in the future. But, he said the Web site would have to find some better screening technology to filter out obscenities.
"We got about 1,000 posts and at least 150 to 200 were using either profanity, hate speech or personal attacks," Brady said about the responses to Howell's controversial column last Sunday, in which she stated that indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave money to both political parties, when most research shows he only gave directly to Republicans.
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READ MORE: Jack Abramoff, Washington Post, Investigations
Jim Brady, executive editor of The Washington Post's Web site, who took down a popular reader blog Thursday after it overflowed with profane and hateful messages about Ombudsman Deborah Howell, said the blog would likely return in the future. But, he said the Web site would have to find some better screening technology to filter out obscenities.
"We got about 1,000 posts and at least 150 to 200 were using either profanity, hate speech or personal attacks," Brady said about the responses to Howell's controversial column last Sunday, in which she stated that indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff gave money to both political parties, when most research shows he only gave directly to Republicans.
READ WHOLE STORY Scroll down for Nonny Os LTE to Wahington Post. You Rock
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