[WikiEN-l] Koch brothers articles doctored says Think Progress

[The Cunctator]

Of course, if an interested minority party has effectively infinite money,
they can start to tip the scales.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 14/03/2011, David Goodman <dggenwp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is possible to provide arguments against the reliability of any
> > source whatever. (And in the other direction, it is possible to take
> > most sources and selectively quote them to provide evidence for
> > support for any position whatever.) It is possible to destroy the
> > integrity of any article by concentrating on finding weaknesses in the
> > sourcing combined with careful use of sources that appear reliable,
> > but are not really to the point. Even a single person doing this can
> > work havoc, and if this is done in a concerted way, it provides ample
> > scope for the expression of bias.
>
> I agree that it can be very problematic, but it only really works to
> the extent that it's not obvious that this is happening, since if
> enough people dig up enough sources via normal means they will
> overwhelm the person or people trying to create an imbalance; because
> they're nearly always going to be a minority. And if the views are not
> in a minority, then their views are likely to be part of the NPOV
> anyway.
>
> So the relativistic point of view of truth has significant limits; and
> that's part of why the Wikipedia works.
>
> > --
> > David Goodman
> >
> > DGG at the enWP
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DGG
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
>
> --
> -Ian Woollard
>
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