Cif Watcher: Guardian Catches Anti-Semites
THE pages of Comment Is Free, the Guardian’s opinion blog, have been redesigned, and moderators will hold more sway over the often anti-semitic comments that get through.
The Telegraph is not impressed:
So our friends over at Guardian ‘Comment Is Free’ had their early June facelift, as promised. Former CIF Editor and founder Georgina Henry explained the changes to the massed ranks of Guardianistas:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/04/1
There were three announced substantive changes. First, threads will remain open for only two days (previously it was three). Second, clicking on the name of a commenter gives access to all their comments in the past. And third, the comments are now paginated in pages of 50, which does not help with the continuity of a thread since one has to keep paging backwards and forwards to see what was written and by whom.
CIF has a longstanding problem with antisemitism posted there. (It results from the unholy alliance between the unreconstructed ‘left’ and the Islamists). The pattern is that the Editors commission an article from one of their stable of one-sided anti-Israel commentators in the full knowledge that it will open the floodgates to antisemitic comments - it never fails. The Moderators have failed to even spot most of the antisemitic posts - indeed they admit that they rely on readers to do so.
A few weeks ago Matt Seaton (the new CIF Editor) was asked about the implication of the changes for the problem of antisemitism on CIF: “Will it mean that the Moderators pick up and delete more of the antisemitic instead of relying on the readers to do it? I hope so.”
His response: “the short answer is yes. I can’t promise you that antisemitic comments and other instances of hate speech will disappear from the site overnight, but (from early June) I think you will notice a progressive improvement.”
The result?
Several non-Zionophobes (I hesitate to say pro-Israel commenters, since they simply try to confront CIF’s resident colony of Israel haters and antisemites with the truth) are having their comments pre-moderated (perhaps the new technology allows this to be done, whereas the old one did not).
Newspaper envy, or something more?
Posted: 9th, June 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Twitterings, War On Terror Comments (12) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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June 9th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I understood that! see it works, and its not beer!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Nor do 93.25 per cent of sane Geordies.
Tha’s nae a big number, by the way ye’ll unnerstan’ , Hen.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Karen
Try a drink and then read it
June 9th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
agw
I didn’t understand a word of the Geordie.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
A Home Counties ( anyone got a prissier or more sanctimonious expression for the overcrowded South East U.K.?) translation would be:
Look Pal, I would appreciate not being dragged through the mire for asking , of course if you were going my way, if I may have a lift.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
agw
Liquid lunch???
(that’s an enquiry or an offer depending…
)
M nad A (well M )
he doesn’t do liquid
June 9th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Ah divven want ta ostrasize any of yez, gerra look at this bonnie lads ‘n lasses.
http://www.geordie.org.uk/
June 9th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Divvint ye dunchus in a clartie ginnel ower takin’s yem, marra.
June 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
The average Bigg Market reveller would welcome, any fact based comments, political or religous….. unless………
” it was looking funny at us like “
June 9th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Have you ever been in Newcastle? Like Pet? Hinney?
Proper lads there. Smoke beer and drink tabs.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Try being non-Zionphobic in Glasgow.
I have Jewish friends that wouldn’t tell me they were Jewish till they knew they weren’t going to get abuse or hear rants against their family or friends in Israel.
And because it’s considered righteous to hate Israel (Imperial colonialists), there isn’t a thing you can do to stop it.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
That’s it, go on! blame the Moderators. The incompetent, Arab lurving, Jew-baiting left-wing bastards. God I hate them Moderators. String ‘em up. Who in sweet Christ’s name do they think they are. Black, lesbian deterministically challenged Buddha figures?
Time someone taught all Moderators they are ignorant swine. Take the bloody keyboards right off ‘em sez I.
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Come on Cherub, giss a smile