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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, June 16, 2025

Observercast

Saving Civic Culture From On-Line Mayhem

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BY FROMA HARROP INDIANAPOLIS – More speech is not necessarily a positive development. News sites’ online forums have unleashed speech in quantity, for sure. But they’ve given a stage to swarms of moronic insults and outright lies, most cloaked in anonymity or false identities. Such comments waste our time – but of larger concern, they degrade the civic culture and undermine thoughtful attempts to craft public policy. Speaking at a recent National Conference of Editorial […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.