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Our Week In The Web: January 15, 2016

We didn't think we'd have to remind our active comment section on this site of our station's terms of use policy for online comment and participation. More specifically this section:

We have the right (but not the obligation) to screen, delete and/or move any content posted on wbur.org.

We also specifically aim for a respectful and polite comment section that avoids explicitly violent or sexual content. If you feel fit to post a comment that we read as explicitly sexual (discussing the age and sexual appeal of a female country music artist, for example), we will feel fit to remove your comment and your username from our site. This isn't a complicated or politically malicious moderation process — and anything you read otherwise in our forums is simply imagined. We have neither the time nor the interest to police our forums for political content of any stripe — but we can and will delete comments and commenters who refuse to follow the simple suggestions above.

The Most Listened-To Shows Online (January 8, 2016 — January 15, 2016)

1. Week In The News: Executive Action On Gun Control, Oregon Occupation, North Korea's Bomb (January 8, 2016)

2. President Obama's Final State Of The Union (January 13, 2016)

3. Flint Faces Water Crisis Now, And For Years To Come (January 11, 2016)

4. Ground Control To David Bowie: Remembering An Icon (January 12, 2016)

5. Time For A Guaranteed Basic Income? (January 13, 2016)

Our Favorite Guest Quotes From This Week

"Forcing a person to take orders to survive just isn’t right. That isn’t what freedom is." — Karl Widerquist

"Anybody gay, or bisexual, or transgender — Bowie was their hero. He told them they could stand up and be proud." — Peter Doggett

"How do you live your life when you don’t have confidence in water coming out of the tap?" — Nancy Kaffer

"We'll probably forget about the State of the Union in about 48 hours." — Douglas Brinkley

Our Favorite Comments (Facebook, Twitter and Disqus) From This Week

"Who would've guessed Tom had listened to A$AP Ferg?? Takes my love for the show to a New Level." (@DWW_1992)

"Because of the current program and as a classical composer and musician I am disgusted. I will never support this station again." (Ellen Bender)

"Cried while dancing to 'Heroes' in my kitchen." (Abby Normal)

"His name is not Crazy." (Marcus Seevers)

"Dirigibles all the way!" (Michael William)

Our Favorite Bit Of Internet This Week

This terrifying looped segment of a group of youthful Donald Trump supporters performing at a Pensacola, Fl. lobby. (CNN Politics / Vine)

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