‘Comment is free,’ The Guardian’s opinion page still proudly declares, quoting C P Scott, a former editor of the newspaper. And yet nowadays the phrase is something of an exaggeration, if not an out-and-out fib. The Guardian has in fact severely limited the comments sections below its articles over the past few years, heavy-handedly moderating comments on some articles, and removing comments entirely for especially controversial pieces.
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