WTOP/Washington, D.C. Disables Comments On Its Website

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HUBBARD News WTOP/WASHINGTON, D.C. is the latest news organization to disable comments on its website.  WTOP.com stopped allowing users to post comments on stories as of FEBRUARY 1st.

WTOP.com News Director JULIA ZIEGLER wrote, "(O)ver the past year, the discourse on our comment boards has devolved into sometimes hateful and racist dialogue, which is a direct violation of that policy and inconsistent with WTOP’s journalistic standards and principles.  Monitoring the comment boards to ensure our policies were respected and followed began taking an increasing amount of time away from our primary mission of reporting the news."

The station continues to allow comments via FACEBOOK and in TWITTER replies.

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