Hat tips to Rich Miller's Capitol Fax blog and the 11th Hour blog.
From the heart of flyover country, Decatur, IL, the Herald & Review there given online readers the ability to add comments to the letters to the editor published by the paper.
Has it been tried before? Probably. A poster on Capitol Fax says the LA Times tried it, but it was dropped due to inappropriate behavior.
Still, I think this is a great idea. If newspapers police this well (keeping out the trolls, whackos, multi-level marketers and disruptive posters), this can be great way for "old media" to keep relevant in the 21st century.
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