Tracy Greever-Rice, a Fourth Ward candidate, asked her neighbor, a Columbia Daily Tribune employee, to remove Greever-Rice's online account with the publication before she announced her candidacy. The employee did not contact any editors before removing the account, even though the Tribune's “Terms of Use” states it will not remove content from its Web site.
TODAY'S QUESTION: Should news organizations let users delete their comments as social media sites do?
Friday, February 26, 2010 | 5:12 p.m. CST;
updated 9:26 a.m. CST, Monday, March 1, 2010
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