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Oh, so they just pressured a news site into removing comments with the threat of demonitization - that's so much better.

I’m not sure. That’s understandable: the advertisers do not want to see their ads next to death treats or something comparable.

Anyway, even if Google is still bad, it’s not an excuse for false news.

> We worked with them to address issues on their site related to the comments section.

> As the comment section has now been removed, we consider this matter resolved and no action will be taken.

wow

> Oh, so they just pressured a news site into removing comments with the threat of demonization - that's so much better.

Just wanted to save your freudian slip.

Oh, wow - that's a fun one!

Comments sections don't belong on news sites. They belong on discussion sites.

I’d rather the user loyalty go to the people writing the news instead of some free-riding() intermediary.

() Present company excluded

"Google kicked ZeroHedge off its ad platform and warned the Federalist" might be a better title, per [1]

That should have been the link in this HN post, thanks!

This is an interesting addition, but it does not contradict my statement that the original article lied right in the title.