NBC Panelist Compares Anonymous Internet Commenters to KKK

Kyle Drennen | March 5, 2013
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During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today about whether websites should prevent people from commenting anonymously in order to reduce offensive rhetoric, attorney Star Jones made an over-the-top comparison: "I equate it a little bit to what the KKK used to do, in terms of being under the mask....Well, the mask of the web is giving anonymity to these kinds of people, and it's time to take the hoods off."

More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

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