CBC.ca Moves from Closed Discussion to Open Commenting
March 5, 2008 by Eric Eggertson
Filed under Marketing
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been encouraging debate about its online content for some time. In a new move, the public broadcaster is removing some of the controls placed on those discussions.
On the CBC News Editors’ Blog, Jonathan Dube announced that stories on the CBC.ca site are now open for public comments. They are also allowing readers to vote to recommend which stories others would be interested in, a feature I’ve seen on the site for a while now, though maybe not as prominent.
In the past, you had to sign up for an account with CBC.ca before posting comments.
CBC is engaging in a much more open linking approach than many mainstream media, highlighting blogs that link to each story, and featuring Most Blogged Stories on the CBC.ca home page. The most blogged-about recent stories were coverage of Albertans electing a Conservative government for the 11th straight election and musician Jeff Healey’s death from cancer at age 41.
The site also features a Your Voice section, including photos, comments, news and opinions provided by readers.
My comment is this. You are complicit in the murder of the people of Gaza. Your bias is shameful and obvious. You have Israeli (spits) spokesmen on to tell us how the victims are to blame. You show propaganda foootage of missile strikes on a truck supposedly loaded with rockets for firing at Israel (spits). Why no interviews with Jimmy Carter? How about George Gallway? They refuse to talk to you? I thought not. You are guilty of the worst kind of crime, standing by while murderers work is reprehensible, but covering for them is beyond the pale. And hopefully it makes you a target. Doug H Cunningham