Why has FoxNews discontinued the "Comment" function on their website?

[11 Bravo]

Is it possible that the editors are too embarrassed to allow the gaggle of idiots, racists, bigots, and misogynistic assholes which comprise "Fox Nation" to continue to reveal the true nature of the typical Fox "fan"?

[Scuba]

1. Gee, ya think?

[leftyohiolib]

2. yup shoulda got some screen shots. im sure it will return after election

[randome]

3. No comment.

[think]

4. it is possible they are embarrassed and it is possible that some point out the "flaws"

in their "journalism"....

[alfredo]

18. They came to the realization that they didn't give a fuck about what people think.

[think]

22. Dat's funny and a wee bit scary

[Iggo]

5. Racism.

They has it.

People knows it.

If they erases it, it goes away.

[lpbk2713]

6. They might be tired of hearing from the FBI and the Secret Service.

The mouth breathers who post on their site may have caused
Faux Snooze more problems than they care to deal with.

[RKP5637]

7. +1000 +++ n/t

[abelenkpe]

8. Good!

They should. So should yahoo and other sites. If they aren't going to actually moderate the comments section which is full of the most vile bigoted crap then dont have them.

[DBoon]

9. racists used to hide behind white sheets

now they hide in online news comment sections

[pstokely]

10. or fake facebook accounts

many news comment sections now require a facebook account

[Prophet 451]

11. Got it in one

The comments were just too embarrassing (and, on regular occasions, treasonous).

[Ikonoklast]

12. I'm kinda bummed out about that.

Some people say that there were some insane rantings posted there by people who did it deliberately in order to see how the droolers would respond to outright nonsense.

The more ludicrous the post, the more the right-wing nutjobs would take it as gospel and respond enthusiastically.

It was fun to fuck with them, and they didn't even know they were being fucked with,

Or so I've heard some people say.

[OregonBlue]

14. I'm bummed too. It was so easy and so much fun.

[Ikonoklast]

20. Some people say that there would be posters who had their socks argue with themselves

and watch as the droolers would take sides.

Great fun ensued.

[octothorpe]

21. hehehehe... That's often fun to do.

[blm]

13. Maybe they didn't want the phrase "Australian extortionist" to continue to gain traction?

.

[K8-EEE]

15. Did anybody notice, it happened same time NY GOP proposed no anon comments on the internet

I think the GOP propagandists are concerned about not controlling the "intertubes" like they do with the media.

I think they talk "code speak" to the racists but the commenters talk flat-out racist back -- also they diss Mitt and Fox is SO in the bag for Mitt. Every time they have an article about Mitt the Freep types come in and make some "magic underwear" comment! LOL!!

[alfredo]

16. The spell checker was eating up too much bandwidth.

[11 Bravo]

19. DUzy!

[libodem]

17. No doubt

Sheesh.