How we can tell that MSM is still pretty clueless.

I came across this "web exclusive" on Newsweek's website. So, it looks like they take the comments (maybe from blogs?) and then they write about the comments that readers send to them. Would you bother to read a feature like this? What are they hiding from the original comments? Why not just use a blog style and let the comments occur in threads? What is the person who excerpted the snippets adding to the reading experience? Is taking out dirty words the function of this feature? Or is it to just put spin on whatever real people wrote to Newsweek about? There are many who read news online who will think it is for spin, I think, and whatever the purpose, the lack of transparency in presenting comments is a bad move. Online Mail Call - Letters & Live Talk - MSNBC.com