Edited sentence: (The sanitation of CommonDreams' image extends to repeatedly purging this Wikipedia-entry by deleting this paragraph with its references, and replacing it with e.) In this way, CommonDreams is hypocritical in often (re)publishing articles promoting free speech and open rules, while not practicing this themselves.2010 the banning is accompanied at some of the deleted postings the note: *Comment deleted by site administrators for violating our Comment Policy*.A “purge” of left-critics of Democratic party candidates occurred just before and after the November 2008 election.Many Common Dreams users have criticized the site for its practice of banning users of its reader-comment utility for no obvious violations of the posting rules, but rather for deviations from (often to the left of) certain politically moderated positions, or for any mentioning that Common Dreams bans users.Posters appear to be banned and their postings deleted based on disagreement with the views presented in the relevant articles , or with unstated political views of the editors.Since Jan.The comment deletions and bannings occurred with no notice or explanation from the moderator.The posters are banned and the rest of their postings deleted from the site without any recourse to appeal or explanation.the unspecific statement that: "Common Dreams attracts both praise and criticism in political circles", or the biased: "A few persistent Common Dreams critics have complained that the site has a practice of banning users...", further stating "They claim...", thus disregarding the existing documentation