I think if the news organization is willing to go all in on moderation your comment makes a lot of sense, but if you can't/aren't willing to put the resources i

I think if the news organization is willing to go all in on moderation your comment makes a lot of sense, but if you can't/aren't willing to put the resources in, the idealism is rapidly lost today. NYTimes has quite a good comment system with decent moderation. If you present dissenting views, that's fantastic if it's well presented. Contrast Fox News comment area and you get a mix of lies, mud slinging, and lots of left vs right blame game. Well presented/thought out comments on Fox almost never surface. With News orgs, the further left or further right you go, it seems to only get worse. So while I agree with you in idealism, practically speaking, it's never was as simple as throwing up a Disqus comment section.