LETTER: A toxic online environment
I read with sadness the announcement that Black Press Media has turned off Facebook commenting on COVID-related stories because of the damage it was causing your journalists and the reading public.
I admire your determination to protect your employees from this toxic environment. In the age of social media, public discourse has turned into personal attacks on employees. This is both saddened and dangerous for democracy as well as their victims.
Please pass on my gratitude to Rick O’Connor, Randy Blair, Josh O’Connor, Lorie Williston, Mary Kemmis, Andrew Franklin, Robin Clarke, Andrew Holota, Ashley Wadhwani and all those who make Black Press Media publications such a success.
Karen Lindsay
Saanich
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