Backstage Magazine Awash in a Drudge Deluge

Is anyone monitoring online reader comments at Backstage.com? Apparently not.

After Drudge Report linked yesterday morning to Daniel Holloway’s very serious item about a half-dozen Hollywood casting directors receiving death threat voice mails on Sunday, November 7th and reporting the matter to Teamsters Local 339, the trolls came out in full force. Thanks to a Backstage commenting template devoid of any filters or verification mechanisms, reader feedback quickly devolved into a frightening window unto Drudge Nation.

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