I reserve the right to pull a comment, but I do it very sparingly — for libelous or obscene comments. I recently pulled one commenter who was making crude sexual remarks about another commenter. I think we can agree that had little to do with the topic of the day: Gov. Butch Otter's defense of his education budget. I compare this to umpiring a baseball game. Hitters and pitchers can respond to an umpire's strike zone, as long as it's consistent. If you're going to call the knee-high strike for CC Sabathia, you'd better give Josh Beckett the same pitch. So I really don't worry much about how other bloggers set their rules. Some bloggers allow unfiltered comments; some screen comments beforehand. As long as the rules are the same, I don't have any concerns/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.

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