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Google vs. Boilerplate Activism

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ready-made-indignation dept.

ArmorFiend writes with this NYTimes article which "details the efforts of journalists to discern real reader-written letters from boilerplate form letters. Seems like there should be a centralized searchable DB of letters to the editor."

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  1. Re:username by axxackall · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I would prefer to bun any links to any content if it requires any sofrt of password.

    If you want to publish some good news here and it's under password - reprint it if you can do it legally or forget about it.

    Otherwise your link is a free way to advertise the closed commercial source of information.

    I am not sure, why Slashdot editors allow such free ads here? Or is NY-Times a hidden sponsor of Slashdot?

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    Less is more !
  2. holy bias batman by thepler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why are they only mentioning that generally conservative groups are using this tactic? Could it be because liberal groups don't need to write letters, because the NYT already presents their views? True, they do mention "the other side", but not until paragraph 14, whereas the RNC and PP are mentioned in paragraph 2.

    I've seen "preprogrammed letters" to congressmen or news organizations on a variety of issues, and with views throughout the range of the political spectrum. Why would they single out the RNC and PP? Just curious.