Emails show Gov. Snyder's admin tried to censor Internet commenters

Mar 11, 2016 at 6:20 pm
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Emails show Gov. Snyder's admin tried to censor Internet commenters
Kim Jung-Un (Biography.com), Gov. Rick Snyder (Michigan.gov), Dave Murray (Michigan.gov)

Gov. Rick Snyder released another, heavily, redacted batch of emails on Thursday. While many were lacking substance — again, with the redact! — there were a few gems in the bunch, such as a chilling correspondence between Snyder's then-Communications Director Dave Murray and MLive's Director of Engagement Jennifer Eyer, where the former appears to be asking MLive's Flint Journal to remove a website commenter who writes negative things about the governor. 

Yes, you read the last sentence correctly. 

While we've all heard the post-Emergency Manger joke about certain (predominantly black, low income) cities in Michigan being dictatorships, this email takes the one-liner to a new level. Democracy in Flint? Out. Free press? They're working on it. 

Here's Murray's email. 
Emails show Gov. Snyder's admin tried to censor Internet commenters
While it would be easy to say the correspondence was all bad — it's not. Eyer's response is nothing short of spectacular. 
Emails show Gov. Snyder's admin tried to censor Internet commenters
MLive, Eyer is a keeper.