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Why you can't trust Wikipedia
Posted: Aug 29, 2012
http://twitchy.com/2012/08/29/sick-wikipedia-entry-calls-mia-love-dirty-worthless-whore-and-house-nigger/ To be fair, the offending entries have been edited out by now, but the format of the site makes it possible for anyone and everyone to editorialize anything as fact. ;
No single source should be trusted without verification, but - numerous studies have shown Wikipedia is pretty
[ In Reply To ..]reliable overall. Surprisingly so. Individual stories, tho--they can be changed at any time, with inevitable delay before they're audited for correctness.
But never fear. Whenever I quote Wikipedia
(coincidentally, like below when I explained that "The Sullivan Group" giving Rush Limbaugh a 99.5 truthfulness rating is actually just a friend of Rush's named Tom, a fellow conservative radio show guy)
I always check the information on other sources chosen for their reputation for reliability.
(BTW, Rush's buddy Tom's anything but a secret, so that referencing his "audit" just shows someone didn't do his or her homework.)
That's awful! - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Have they found out who edited in those remarks?
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