(CNN) -- Here is a selection of recent comments from CNN.com users about news coverage and other issues related to the site. If you have something to say about CNN.com, please e-mail us.
Martin Furey of Okemos, Michigan:
It is patently objectionable for the media to edit photographic images accompanying reportage. [This page includes a photo], credited to WCVB Boston, [that] has been edited.... [Boston scare suspect videotaped bomb squad, February 6] The original image depicts a cartoonish creature outlined in LEDs "giving the finger" to passers-by. The finger has been obliterated in the image on the CNN Web site. That gesture, when made by a real person and directed toward another, might well be objectionable. However it is prudish to obscure the gesture on a cartoon, and journalistically irresponsible to do so in a news report.
CNN.com: We agree, and have removed the edited image, which came from a CNN affiliate, from the story. Thank you, Martin, for your note.
Robert Babb of River Edge, New Jersey:
In your gallery describing how genetic testing works [posted on Genetic tests may bring hope, inspire fear, January 31] you show that scientists look for the mix-up in a person's DNA when searching for a mutated gene. While this concept is correct, the picture shown on the slide is totally incorrect. The "abnormal pairing" picture shows all of the DNA base pairs to be incorrectly paired up. When a mutation happens in a person's DNA that can cause a genetic disease or predisposition, a base pair changes but the pairing stays the same. For example a G:C base pair may change to A:T, T:A or C:G, but it never exists in your DNA as G:T, G:A, C:A, C:T, etc., at least not for very long. The body repairs abnormal pairings, but sometimes they don't get fixed back to the original base pair. If the original base pair is A:T and the mismatch mutation is A:C, it can be corrected by the body to A:T (normal) or to G:C which results in a mutation. I always enjoy reading news articles on CNN.com, but as a research scientist who majored in genetics, I felt it was my responsibility to bring this error to your attention. Genetics and genetic testing can be a very difficult concept for many people to grasp, but it's important to give people correct information.
CNN.com: Thank you, Robert. We've adjusted our graphic to reflect the correct pairing.
Quick thoughts on QuickVote
Jaime Marshik of Houston, Texas
Idea for a poll: If you found a cell phone, would you keep it or try to locate the owner? I base that idea on the fact that cell phones never get returned to their owners when lost, and the owners always get high Internet bills after their phone is lost. I'm just curious what percent of people would keep the phone... I bet it's a majority.
CNN.com: Thank you, Jaime! We try to focus our homepage QuickVote questions on the news of the day. We'll keep this great idea in mind for the next time a lost cell phone story makes headlines.
Mike Nanaimo of British Columbia
The question on your quick vote [Do you believe that perceived blunders have hurt the Bush administration's credibility on Iraq? January 24] ... asked the wrong question. You should have asked "did the negative reporting on the war in Iraq hurt Bush's credibility". That would have been a more honest question.
David Robinson of Spokane, Washington
The question today is "Do you believe that perceived blunders have hurt the Bush administration's credibility on Iraq?" This is misleading because the blunders are not only perceived, they are real. The war is illegal by international laws and the president and cabinet should all be locked up for war crimes/crimes against humanity.
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