But here's the kicker: Townhall has blocked users from leaving a comment. It has zero comments listed. (Brent's column on TownHall has 63 replies at this time.) So much for a town hall.
Did Townhall make this decision, or did thin-skinned Scarborough demand it? I e-mailed the editors, but have yet to receive a reply.
UPDATE: Townhall deputy editor Kevin Glass denied any attempt or request to block commenters:
We certainly refrain from disabling comments on anything posted on Townhall and would refuse such a request from anyone.
I am honestly perplexed as to why there are no comments on Scarborough's article. I just went to our analytics numbers and Scarborough's piece has nearly exactly the same number of hits as Bozell's (29,000 to 30,000). I have no idea why there are no comments on Scarborough's piece.
I told him I was unable to post a comment in several attempts. He replied:
We have seen the problem and are looking in to it now with our programming team. Sorry for the late response - we're all busy at CPAC.
Frances Martel at Mediaite has picked up the controversy, but pitched it as a battle over how conservative Scarborough is -- not over his reckless radio-show charges of "false articles" from Bozell.
PS: Martel didn't mention that her boss Dan Abrams was Scarborough's boss as the "general manager" at MSNBC for more than a year.
