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		FireBeyond on Feb 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Reddit moderators are “censoring” Glenn Greenw... Given what other mods have to say, power - and ego tripping seem to have a big part to do with it: "“We are the official news board of the Front Page of the Internet. We have rules.”” Official? Front Page of the Internet?

dredmorbius on March 1, 2014 [–]

Both parts of that statement have merits.

/r/news is one of the default subreddits, and, well, it's about news.

And reddit's official motto is "The Front Page of the Internet".

Despite that, I feel that removing the Greenwald story wasn't warranted.

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