A few years ago, the weekend moderators appeared to be from Ryerson's journalism school, and all that it entailed.

Absolutely anything negative on Harper and the Conservatives was allowed to stand, including near - profanity, and most certainly comments that violated the header on "Community Guidelines".

Anything that was even mildly critical of the NDP or Liberals was immediately removed - or in some cases, simply disappeared once you hit "enter"..

This has generally changed, regardless of how cumbersome the "review three" process is..on the other hand, there are some columnists who receive the full brunt of posters who disagree with their writing, while others (notably on Friday) who remove anything that doesn't complement them..