Our Story & Policies
TDP covers news, sports and features in Cherokee County. Here is our FB posting policy:
The Daily Press, as an official media enterprise, is obliged to follow laws governing the media, even with regard to social media. Therefore, certain comments - such as those accusing someone of a crime when no charges have been filed, or that reveal personal information in conflict with HIPAA laws - will be deleted. We do not allow “hate speech,” which attacks a group or a person on the basis of race, religion, nationality, vocation, gender, sexual orientation, or organizational affiliation (including political). We also will delete comments of a vicious or potentially libelous nature that personally attack our mission or other participants in our forum or elsewhere on our page. Repeat offenders will be banned. We will remove comments that have been repeatedly copied and pasted on several posts. We encourage lively discussion, not “troll” behavior, and we want readers to speak in their own voices; therefore, we are working to cut down on the use of GIFs. Since we cannot monitor the page 24/7 and have over 30,000 followers, we ask readers to notify us privately about violators. Because TDP's is a family-oriented forum, we use the strongest Facebook filter available. Due to our high traffic, we cannot usually respond to questions asked as comments on unrelated posts. If you have questions for us, or brief news items (of a nonprofit nature) you would like us to post, they must be sent to us as private messages or via email. Generally, we will respond to messages within just a few hours, so take the possible delay into consideration when messaging us. We are not a law enforcement agency, so we do not investigate what might be construed as private matters (divorce or child support issues, problems with neighbors, personal property disputes, etc.) unless in a general way. For briefs, please include pertinent details (who, what, when, where, how). These should be written in narrative, text form, not submitted as lists. Do not send flyers or memes; often we cannot read them, and most PDFs will not work for posting. You may submit photos of local interest, but we do not guarantee their use. Videos and photos produced outside our staff will only be posted if they would be of general interest to the community at-large. We do not repost memes or flyers that promote certain issues or causes, or personal crusades, though we will promote local public events related to those issues, in narrative form. Along that line, we do not require or pressure our readers to participate in campaigns, whether requiring "clicks" to sites or contributions. We may, however, post notices for special events sponsored by the Daily Press itself or its advertisers, or certified nonprofit organizations with legitimate campaigns. Furthermore, due to liability issues, we do not promote GoFundMe accounts, regardless of the apparent validity of their causes. At this time, we do not post (or allow comments about) items of a commercial nature or promoting for-profit businesses and other entities, except under special circumstances; items promoting or attacking political candidates in the run-up to an election; submissions about lost pets or "ads" giving away pets; items of a lost-and-found nature, or reward offers for lost or stolen property; requests to help locate relatives, friends or other individuals; obituaries, or wedding, birth, birthday, anniversary or engagement announcements; cards of personal thanks or congratulations; letters to the editor; or notices of garage and/or yard sales, or any other private event, unless proceeds will be donated to charity. Due to potential legal issues, we do not post missing persons reports or photos unless a report has been filed with law enforcement authorities, and they have deemed it to be a legitimate case and have asked us to post. Thanks for respecting our parameters.