Hiding the truth speaks of a need to keep the truth hidden

Is the Albuquerque Journal censoring comments?

I posted a comment on the Journal editors APS school board member candidate endorsements.

In addition posting it on the Journal's website, to which I own a subscription of course, I posted it Facebook and on this blog.

Sometime yesterday it disappeared. A comment posted this morning on their endorsement of APS' bond/mill levy is missing already.

just sayin'

On one hand, it could be argued that decision makers at the Journal are under no obligation to report criticism of their work.

On the other hand, the nature of their work. Does their work include informing the democracy? I assume they claim to be a source of reliable information for voters.

If they won't acknowledge the existence of a standards and accountability crisis in critical comments, they must at least acknowledge the existence in some way. That, or they're just covering it up.

In the face of school board member elections and bond issues and mill levy worth nearly a third of a billion dollars, the Journal needs to attach to their endorsement of school board member candidates and bond/mill levies, their solemn assurance that APS school board members and senior administrators are actually, honestly accountable to meaningful standards of conduct and competence within their public service.

If they can't do that, what are they really endorsing; who are they really endorsing and why?

Hiding the truth speaks of a need to keep the truth hidden.