Until shortly after October 7, 2023, the Crimson was publishing comments. I contributed a lot of my own, as did several other regulars. Sure, there were the usual share of trolls and pot-shotters, but often the discussion was high level. I believe there should be a site of some sort - titled, perhaps, "Crimson Watch." It could on a daily basis recreate this dialogue which the Crimson squelched. In any case, it would be interesting to find out exactly why they squelched it. Someone should tell them "Veritas Dies in Darkness."
The Crimson should be pressed for an explanation of why they eliminated comments. Was it because of cranks such as "Helen from Yemen" or because of well-reasoned criticism of Crimson articles, of which there was much?
Jonathan Burack has made excellent comments on Ira Stoll's Substack https://www.theeditors.com/, which has much coverage of Harvard. I agree that Stoll's site is excellent. Perhaps there should be a discounted rate to incentivize the student perspective.
Agree. The most shocking part is that, to my knowledge, they never addressed the fact that they removed the comment section. They just went mute one day. From the New York Times to the National Review, major journalistic outlets have comments available on at least some opinion articles. What a shame.
Bravo is right. Also, I 'responded' to the Crimson's Editorial Board with regard to their 'Harvard's Conservatives Have to Stop Hiding' article and said that I'd be willing to do an interview and give my conservative views. However, as expressed in the above article, the 'extended hand' seems to be in bad faith since I've yet to hear back from them.
Bravo!
Until shortly after October 7, 2023, the Crimson was publishing comments. I contributed a lot of my own, as did several other regulars. Sure, there were the usual share of trolls and pot-shotters, but often the discussion was high level. I believe there should be a site of some sort - titled, perhaps, "Crimson Watch." It could on a daily basis recreate this dialogue which the Crimson squelched. In any case, it would be interesting to find out exactly why they squelched it. Someone should tell them "Veritas Dies in Darkness."
The Crimson should be pressed for an explanation of why they eliminated comments. Was it because of cranks such as "Helen from Yemen" or because of well-reasoned criticism of Crimson articles, of which there was much?
Jonathan Burack has made excellent comments on Ira Stoll's Substack https://www.theeditors.com/, which has much coverage of Harvard. I agree that Stoll's site is excellent. Perhaps there should be a discounted rate to incentivize the student perspective.
Agree. The most shocking part is that, to my knowledge, they never addressed the fact that they removed the comment section. They just went mute one day. From the New York Times to the National Review, major journalistic outlets have comments available on at least some opinion articles. What a shame.
As a Salient alum i couldn’t agree more.
Bravo is right. Also, I 'responded' to the Crimson's Editorial Board with regard to their 'Harvard's Conservatives Have to Stop Hiding' article and said that I'd be willing to do an interview and give my conservative views. However, as expressed in the above article, the 'extended hand' seems to be in bad faith since I've yet to hear back from them.