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Friday, February 16, 2007 12:00 AM

Why I had to quit the John Edwards campaign

During my brief tenure as blogmaster for a Democratic presidential contender, I experienced the right-wing smear machine firsthand
By Amanda Marcotte

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  • Friday, February 16, 2007 08:33 AM

    Matthew, how can you know, you can't.

    There are often visible comments in Amanda's threads that disagree with her (and that are rude to her). It is true that she blocks comments, but not to the extent that people are saying here and in other places.

    So there are all of these people stating she bans commenters and deletes comments, not just here but in other places too, but Matthew, who merely reads the threads and does not administer the blog itself, knows these claims are exaggerated.

    Okay. That's reality based thinking....

    —No Name Given

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