The Oklahoman has rejected my letter to the editor because it has been "published or posted elsewhere."
I posted about the Oklahoma Senate race on my (virtually unread) personal blog, on Blue Oklahoma and here on Daily Kos.
I reworked it considerably, and submitted to the paper. I then got a reply that it was too long. So I reworked it more.
But it won't be published in the major daily, because they have scanners that check for that.
Not that the Oklahoma would have published it, regardless. Their opinion page, including LTEs are a state joke.
But thought I'd warn others to be careful about this.
Update below fold.
Update:
Some commenters say this practice is not common, or maybe very rare. I was thinking maybe checking with CJR, Editor & Publisher and Poynter to see if there are standards in this regard, or a list of some sort of how papers handle it.