Here are Gatehouse rules on comments

How should comments be handled on media websites and on various blogs includig this one?

Here's the official policy of GateHouse newspapers:

You agree not to submit any content in any forums, chats, emails or otherwise that:

• is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or otherwise illegal;
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• abuses or discriminates on the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, region, disability, etc.
• infringes any party’s intellectual property rights, including without limitation copyrights and trademarks;
• impersonates another person or misquotes another person
• violates any applicable law, or violates any party’s rights; or
• offers or advertises any goods, or services or solicits any funds or consideration.

In addition, you agree not to contact any users of the Website (including through off-line communication) for the purpose of threatening, harassing or abusing them due to their content submissions on the Website.