Online Comments: Dumping Ground for Trolls or Useful Tool?
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More and more news organizations are putting an end to comment sections on their websites.
Host Phil Ponce talks about online comments and trolling with Jim Kirk, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Sun-Times; Jen Sabella, deputy editor and director of social media for DNAInfo Chicago; and Tribune columnist Eric Zorn.
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Online Comments: Dumping Ground for Trolls or Useful Tool?
Clip: 9/18/2016 | 10m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Phil Ponce talks about online comments and trolling with Jim Kirk, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Sun-Times; Jen Sabella, deputy editor and director of social media for DNAInfo Chicago; and Tribune columnist Eric Zorn.
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