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Rant: Got banned from a local news site for correcting a map error
Last Tuesday, our town's online paper posted an article about a new park, but the map they included had the location wrong by about two miles. I commented with a link to the city's official planning site, pointing out the mistake. The next morning, my comment was gone and my account was suspended for 'spreading misinformation.' I tried emailing the editor directly with the proof, but they never replied. Has anyone else been banned just for sharing a simple, verifiable fact?
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ray_coleman418d ago
Did a friend get banned for fixing a typo in a recipe comment last year?
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My local paper once banned me for correcting their spelling of "cemetery." They printed a retraction the next week but never lifted the ban, so I guess we're even.
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