Didn't Naomi Wolf like my Huffington Post comment? (Florida taser incident)

Naomi Wolf - who you may remember from the Al "Alpha Male" Gore episode - offers "A Shocking Moment for Society: Tasering at University of Florida" [1]. I left a comment which appears to have been disapproved, thus once again proving false the HuffPost claim that they don't disapprove comments simply because they disagree with the poster [2].

Shortly after posting it, someone using the nyu.edu network followed the link in the comment; this was the referer:

http://editorial.huffingtonpost.com/modsuite/?tool=approve&filter_entry_id=&pending=1

Since my comment hasn't appeared, I can only assume that it was disapproved. (Of course, perhaps there could be a two-level approval process or something, but I doubt it). While I haven't been able to determine a link between Naomi Wolf and New York University, perhaps she's been given access through their network or something. Or perhaps it's one of Arianna Huffington's web minions, but one wonders whether a public university [3] would approve of such commercial use of their network.

Herewith the comment:

I haven't watched any of the videos, but it certainly seems like there's much more to this than Wolf lets on:

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/17/student-tasered-at-john-kerry-forum/

I note also that I was the only person that I know of who spoke out when the S.F. Supes falsely accused someone of committing a crime:

http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/003184.html

Perhaps if Wolf and other "liberals" would pay attention to things like that their words wouldn't ring so hollow.

[1] There are only so many videos I can watch so I haven't delved into this issue, although (just as a general rule) I tend to oppose tasering people who try to ask questions.

[2] This has happened many times: my comments on Marty Kaplan's entries have never been approved, and while Earl Ofari Hutchinson might have approved one, most have not made it through the filter. Likewise with Hilda Solis. Oddly, two very negative comments I left on entries from Anthony Romero of the ACLU were approved.

[3] Per the second comment, NYU is actually not public. I note also that one of Arianna's upper-level minions, Jay Rosen, works there (journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink), so perhaps it's one of his students learning to be a good "journalist" or something.

Bloggage · Tue, 09/18/2007 - 13:54 · Importance: 1