Reply #420: Okay

[EarlG]

I'm going to lock this thread now because we have discussed it long enough. I'm sorry we didn't get to this earlier, but Skinner is visiting his parents for Christmas so we've only just been able to get all three Admins together to discuss this.

Ultimately this is an issue between Truthout, Will Pitt, and the anonymous contributor. If Truthout and Will Pitt are concerned about this matter and choose to contact us privately to discuss it, we will absolutely look into it and determine whether the rules have been broken (or whether this is behavior that requires action by us) and what the consequences should be for the DU member, if it is a DU member.

If Will Pitt and Truthout choose not to contact us, then that is up to them, and it will remain their issue.

To put this in perspective, people write to DU on a very regular basis to tell us that they're not going to donate, or they're going to halt their donations, because of something they've seen on the message board - it's unfortunate, but it's sort of a fact of life when you're in this business.

EG
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