On 3/22/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
As long as they keep saying "According the Wikipedia" then I guess it's a good thing. If they start stating it as fact then the world is in a lot of trouble... (or, a lot *more* trouble, if you prefer).
Have no fear. They have whole departments whose job it is to ensure that data's source and credibility are properly noted.
Most of the people at intelligence agencies spend far, far more time analyzing data than gathering it, and the data source and credibility are important.