Comments on: Verbatim: Jerry Smith, Journal Star online editor

By: Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:33:32 +0000

I will work on that contact link. In the interim, my email is jsmith(at)pjstar.com

By: jw

jw — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:28:00 +0000

I’ve been looking for 4 days on the new PJS for an email address to send friendly complaints to, but haven’t found one. I just counted 6 large blinking, blaring, ads on the front page of the site. How many ads are on the front page of the printed version? None. I understand the only reason for a newspaper to have a web version is to make money, but this is a bit too much for me. Local news should be highlighted, as it was on the old version. The new version looks exactly like a thousand other web sites, with basically the same layout and lack of focus. I want the local news, not a commercial from the good folks in Burlington, IA.

By: diane vespa

diane vespa — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:25:16 +0000

Billy Dennis said “Allow ME to be more precise. There is a limited amount of space on a printed page. Hence, the need to edit.”

OMG hell is freezing over. Billy is defending the PJStar.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:05:17 +0000

Some of the racist comments are of the drive-by variety. But sometimes, I think these people are organized.

By: RTP

RTP — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:02:13 +0000

Anonymous comments can be hateful at times and I think Jerry Smith does an outstanding job of moderating them. It must be trying when stories about the South Side or East Bluff bring all the racists out of the woodwork. Requiring registration could curtail some of the drive-by hateful comments. Some of those yahoos couldn’t be bothered with taking a few minutes to select a user name, register, and wait for email confirmation with an activation link.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:58:17 +0000

Allow ME to be more precise. There is a limited amount of space on a printed page. Hence, the need to edit. Which is, come to think of it, YET another reason online is superior to using dead trees and soy byproduct to engage in journalism in the 21st century.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:54:21 +0000

My apologies Jerry … I was not precise. It was a letter to the editor sent via email. And it was at least a year or more ago. Also that wasn’t a personal jab or anything … just my opinion.

Actually I would prefer the entire deletion to editing and leaving my name on something, that by omission or change of some words (or entire paragraphs), is no longer what I wrote.

By: nontimendum

nontimendum — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:44:06 +0000

Nice job Bily and Jerry. I’ve always thought Jerry to be judicious in his decisions to disable or interject.

By: Billy Dennis

Billy Dennis — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:28:50 +0000

Unfortunately, not true of the letters to the editor in the print version.

By: Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:58:23 +0000

The Journal Star does not edit comments. The Journal Star deletes comments. If you really think your comment has been edited, send me an email and let me know. I will repeat: the Journal Star does not edit comments.