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by Sharon Rondeau
(Jul. 13, 2011) — The Post & Email seeks to bring the most factual, well-sourced news to the internet community, particularly in the area of the Obama eligibility issue. We also focus on government corruption, which, as we have learned, is endemic in Washington, DC as well as at the state and local levels.
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- The function would have to be revamped to do a better job of filtering unwanted comments, including death threats to this editor;
- The registration of all commenters would be enabled and implemented to include screening out fake email addresses and IP numbers;
- Infringement of the rules, which would once again be posted, would not be tolerated, including readers launching personal attacks on other readers;
- We would need several volunteers or paid staff to help moderate comments or perform other tasks so that the editor could moderate them;
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