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Schmidt, Christine. "It doesn’t take a ton of nasty comments to sink a reader’s perception of a news site." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 24 Jan. 2019. Web. 13 Jan. 2025.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2019, Jan. 24). It doesn’t take a ton of nasty comments to sink a reader’s perception of a news site. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 13, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/01/it-doesnt-take-a-ton-of-nasty-comments-to-sink-a-readers-perception-of-a-news-site/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "It doesn’t take a ton of nasty comments to sink a reader’s perception of a news site." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 24, 2019. Accessed January 13, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/01/it-doesnt-take-a-ton-of-nasty-comments-to-sink-a-readers-perception-of-a-news-site/.
Wikipedia
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