Wall Street Journal Comments

[JustMeAgain]

Am I losing it or are the reader comments disappearing from the Wall Street Journal article?

I looked at it this morning and there were five...now there is one.

FDA Warns Five E-Cigarette Makers, Says Products Need FDA Approval - WSJ.com

 

[Kate51]

I give up, the "comments" button doesn't seem to be loading at all. I don't 'subscribe' to these, WSJ or any others, wish I could afford it but don't really have time to read them everyday anyway. I can't even keep up with ECF!
I have a feeling it would be probably all still there in a subscribed version, but not sure about that.
No kidding, everything does need FDA approval these days, but the bar is mighty high for gaining it. Seems like BigP and BigT are the only ones with the money and the time.

 

[JustMeAgain]

I give up, the "comments" button doesn't seem to be loading at all. I don't 'subscribe' to these, WSJ or any others, wish I could afford it but don't really have time to read them everyday anyway.

You can register for free to post comments...

Anyone else make a comment that's no longer there?

 

[Bustastew]

They are indeed removing the comments, they are under the mind control of the FDA lol.

 

[JustMeAgain]

Ok I'm not a conspiracy-theory-type person, and I don't want to sound paranoid, but why on earth would comments just vanish?

Actually, I posted one last night...when it was gone this morning, I posted again. Now it is gone, too.

If it were some little podunk website, I'd think it was a glitch. But this is the WALL STREET JOURNAL...

 

[mwa102464]

Lets see if they will delete my comments on the Post JustmeAgain, should be interesting, I gave em a piece of my mind

 

[JustMeAgain]

I just went there again and now there are four comments...one of which is a duplicate.

But earlier today there were five and they were not the ones that are there now.

I'm guessing that I'm not seeing yours mwa since these were, at least based on what the site says, from yesterday.

 

[lmrasch]

When I follow the link to the article it only gives a couple of sentences and I can't access the rest of the report....anyone else with this problem?

 

[JustMeAgain]

Imrash do a google search for:

wall street journal article electronic cigarette september 2010

Click on the 'cached' version of the first hit. That will let you read the article, but you have to register (it's free) to post a comment.

 

[Vocalek]

Yes, the comment I left this morning was one of the orginal 5. It is gone now.

 

[Vocalek]

I have just sent this email to: feedback@wsj.com

This morning there were five comments on the story located here. FDA Warns Five E-Cigarette Makers, Says Products Need FDA Approval - WSJ.com

This evening, there are 4 comments and one of them is a duplicate. My comment was one of the five that was there this morning, but it has disappeared now. Can you please tell me whether the WSJ is censoring comments, or whether there is a technical glitch in the comments application?

This is the text of the comment I left this morning. Does it contain any material that violates WSJ rules for comments?

The issue of whether or not e-cigarettes are a drug delivery device combination is currently under litigation. The FDA is defying the U.S. Federal court system by proceeding as if it has won the case. The lower court ruled that the products are not intended to treat a disease and are therefore not to be regulated under the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act. Judge Leon went on to point out that FDA has all the power it needs to protect public health by regulating the products under the tobacco Act. What's the difference? It is estimated that half a million Americans have substituted the electronic cigarette for all their smoked cigarettes. As a result, they are enjoying better lung health and have reduced their risks of smoking-related disease. If the FDA insists on regulating them as if they were a medical treatment, they will be removed from the market. Where does that leave all these former smokers? Back on Winstons and Marlboros.