A reminder again that some comments are crossing the line — a line that not only exists on the more sedate Letters To The Editor’s pages in print publications but also on talk radio shows where some of the comments here would be greeted by a hang-up by a conservative or a liberal talk show host. Spirited and vigorous discussion are more than welcome here and have been going on for some time. Our policy is to issue a polite warning and if it persists then start deleting future similar comments if the warning is ignored. If the problem still continues, we then have to ban a commenter. We’ve only banned three people in two years from TMV and do not wish to expand the numbers. It’s a matter of common sense. NOTE: We are not going to run more posts on this.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.