Debate this
In the two months the Debatables blog has been up, no story has gotten more comments than the reassignment of A&T athletic director Dee Todd, which got 39. But last week's possible News & Record sale comes close, with 34.
Next comes a discussion about school fights; actually you could argue that this topic is the biggest one. We had two debates about it, one day apart. One got 33 comments; the other 7.
Tied for third with 33 comments was a story about Schools Superintendent Terry Grier in the running for a job in San Diego.
I guess you could say that A&T sports trumps the dismay with the paper, fights and the super. Of course, the topic is John Edwards and his campaign today so he could fight his way to the top.
Tuesday update: As of this writing Tuesday morning, Edwards got 13 comments, respectable but moderate in turnout. I don't know if that's a good or bad sign for his candidacy. If you read the responses to the stories with the most comments, they are dominated by people passionate in their distaste of the topic. If you're a political candidate, you don't want the dislike, but you want the passion.
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