Ain't talkin' to the paper with the comments. They're directed at the readers.
The paper moved the article puttin' the base in the wrong city after I called it. They put it under 'More' in the Military section. The pictorial was moved to the same place while I was in the shower. One has to dig to find it.
They once ran really nice photos of a storm over the base. Exaggerated the hell out of the speed of the wind gusts. The base is the data collection point for the NWS. The wind gusts were twenty under what they published. It was corrected without comment.
Occasionally, a reader will hit a nerve and the comment will disappear. Hell, I've been on probation twice and banned once.
For every good thing they do, i.e. the work on Norfolk's school board, they do ten stupid. It's what happens when a local publication has no competition. The new publisher is from Maryland.
It's gone to subscription. I'm in on the fat lady's print subscription or I'd be on local blogs.
Oh well, manual labor awaits.......................