Why do you think most news sites have banned comments? YouTube (Reuters specifically), WaPo, NYT, they all had a comment section on each article, but have since removed. You can control the media, but you can't control the minds. And people sharing how much they disagreed with the news would only spread to more and more. And worst of all (for those in charge), it let the people see just how many of them there truly are.

Much like the Romans rejecting marking slaves with white armbands --the elite cannot let the slaves know just how many of them there truly are.

Why do you think most news sites have banned comments? YouTube, WaPo, NYT, they all had a comment section on each article, but have since removed. You can control the media, but you can control the minds. And people sharing how much they disagreed with the news would only spread to more and more. And worst of all (for those in charge), it let the people see just how many of them there truly are.

Much like the Romans rejecting marking slaves with white armbands --the elite cannot let the slaves know just how many of them there truly are.