Mathias,
Using the same Reuters story, CNN downgraded Wikipedia from
'confusion' to 'reeling'. Oh CNN, how far you have strayed from your
original standards...
Lay's death sends Wikipedia reeling
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 Posted: 2246 GMT (0646 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/07/05/lay.wikipedia.reut/
On 7/6/06, Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler(a)gmail.com> wrote:
While Reuters initially meant to report on [[Kenneth
Lay]]'s article
on enwp and the pace of the edits on that page, it gave a nice insight
into the mechanisms of information delivery:
Version 1:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&stor…
Ken Lay's death prompts confusion on Wikipedia
Wed Jul 5, 2006 8:53 PM BST167
Lay, 64, died of a heart attack early on Wednesday, a family
spokeswoman said, just six weeks after a jury found him guilty of
fraud in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history.
Version 2:
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&s…
CORRECTED - Ken Lay's death prompts confusion on Wikipedia
Thu Jul 6, 2006 3:25 AM IST166
Lay, 64, died of an apparent heart attack, according to a pastor at
the Lay family's church in Houston. It was six weeks after a jury
found him guilty of fraud in one of the biggest corporate scandals in
U.S. history. A family spokeswoman said that Lay passed away early on
Wednesday morning in Aspen.
Version 2 contains a "sorry, we failed to make factchecking before
sending it to the wires" header:
"(Corrects and recasts paragraph two to show that a spokeswoman for
the Lay family did not give the cause of Lay's death. It was given by
another source.)"
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