Elmer,  you have no expedtations of privacy when you use any electronic device, network or phone or computer.  But you knew that.

Advertisers take note: the Tennessean editorial and/or online staff is simply opting to make their publication become less relevant...

Name That Ben

http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_wit_name.html

During the eighteenth century, it was common for writers and journalists to use pseudonyms, or false names, when they created newspaper articles and letters to the editor. Franklin used this convention extensively throughout his life, sometimes to express an idea that might have been considered slanderous or even illegal by the authorities; other times to present two sides of an issue, much like the point-counterpoint style of journalism used today. 

When Franklin used a pseudonym, he often created an entire persona for the "writer." Sometimes he wrote as a woman, other times as a man, but always with a specific point of view. While all of his writings were focused and logical, many were also humorous, filled with wit and irony. Silence Dogood, Harry Meanwell, Alice Addertongue, Richard Saunders, and Timothy Turnstone were a few of the many pseudonyms Franklin used throughout his career...

(more at hyperlink)

The problem with the Internet is you can't verify the source. -Abraham Lincoln

And of course we all know that American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin never permitted anonymous commenting within his or his brother's newspapers...