Paper’s commenters refuse to drop digital masks

A media news Weblog highlights a story in today’s Lawrence Journal-World about people who post anonymous comments on news stories.

The paper offered its most frequent, identity-cloaked commenters the opportunity to reveal themselves. But none would emerge from behind their aliases.

Stuck at that dead end, story author Shaun Hittle sought comment from a couple of journalism professors. Lawrence Mayor Rob Chestnut also gave his take.

The first comment on the story (anonymous, naturally) tells Chestnut: “Get bent.”

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