2013 CNN: Transparency? Obama YouTube Channel Screens Comments

President Obama's campaign appears to be censoring viewer comments on the YouTube presentation of "The Road We've Traveled," the 17-minute campaign documentary about the Obama presidency, with positive comments outnumbering negative by more than five to one.

Obama has staked a claim to conducting an "openness" presidency, with the White House frequently touting measures it says increase transparency. But not on his campaign's YouTube channel.

As of 9 am ET this morning, 84 of the last 100 comments could be construed as supportive, while 16 were negative.

Many of the negative comments are benign. More than a third didn't even directly criticize the president, arguing instead that General Motors should not have been bailed out by the government.

The positive comments were sometimes ecstatic in their support for Obama and the largely hagiographic video, which went up on YouTube March 15. Among the tributes are "My President is an amazing human being," "Truly one of the greatest President's ever," "So majestic," and "Thank God we have presidents like this."

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