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Radio 4,3 mins

The unintentional humour of newspaper comment sections

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When you read a news story online, do you read the comments at the bottom of the article? Well, The Guardian has brought together the best of its reader comments for a new book, I Think I Can See Where You鈥檙e Going Wrong. But what makes for the most entertaining comments, and are people intentionally trying to be funny? The Guardian's senior comment moderator, Marc Burrows, and the creator of Private Eye鈥檚 satirical feature From the Message Boards, Ed Barrett, discuss.

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