Please site examples of posts that lacked focus. You have posted two that went above 200 words?

Why don't you add a parallel page with the post you select to censor?

The representative of the people asks for discussion and gets debate. After the posting the ombudsman's article there is little response from the ombudsman's office. Why is that? There are some good points in the posts. Now you will limit examples and talking points to what you find affective and correct?

It does not cost a penny more of listener money to post all the comments. You already have the hardware. What is your justification for the silencing of the peoples' voices? Will you be reporting about the policy on your flagship shows?

Sent by andrew hennessy | 10:24 PM ET | 05-16-2008

Web sites that do not publish all comments except those that are obscene or defamatory are cowardly. and afraid of their readers. What do you have to lose if some comments are not exactly on topic?

Sent by George | 9:18 AM ET | 05-29-2008

George:

Every forum has its rules about this sort of thing. These are the NPR Ombud blog's rules and they have every right to make and enforce these rules. If you don't like it, start you own blog.

Sent by Mark Jeffries | 1:00 PM ET | 05-30-2008

George:

You overlook that the NPR ombudsman claims to be the representative of the people, and they have refused to even have a discussion on the topic. We are only talking about a blog, but their behavior is totalitarian. You would have a better argument if we were on ABC, CBS, CNN, etc, but NPR claims to be public. Where is the public in their unilateral policy?

Sent by andrew hennessy | 9:13 AM ET | 05-31-2008

The fact that a majority percentage of reader comments to these blogs that do get published tends to be of a liberal bend, only suggests that whoever is screening comments is a liberal Democrat and favors comments from said liberal Democrats over conservatives or Republicans.

Sent by Stacey Hanrahan | 10:30 AM ET | 06-28-2008

Censorship is alive and well from the left. Free speech is only free for those with opinions they want to force down our throats.

Sent by Tim | 9:16 AM ET | 07-26-2008

I found it terribly disappointing that NPR's short review of protest marches during the RNC focused on the arrests of anarchists but not on the arrests of journalists such as Democracy Now personnel like Amy Goodman.

The Gestapo tactics of the police are clearly documented in the footage widely watched on Youtube and other web portals. NPR's failure to address this anti-democratic and unconstitutional behavior illustrates why many of us no longer pay attention to the milk toast version of reporting offered by main-stream media like NPR.

Sent by Dan Gallagher | 7:20 PM ET | 09-04-2008