One thing that's long puzzled me is the inability of editors/journalists to just ignore stupid criticism. I don't mean ignore all criticism; I mean ignore dumb criticism. I've heard of editors getting in crouch position over the possibility of getting a volume of criticism over something even though they knew fully well that the substance of that criticism was entirely lacking. That's ridiculous.It is ridiculous. And stupid. Embedded in those comments are real gems and, quite frankly, readers are smart enough to know stupid criticism from intelligent, thoughtful comments.
There is a duck and cover mentality to any form of debate in this country. Open discussion is going to invite comments ranging from the inane to the supreme. It is all important!
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