On 10/11/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
On 10/11/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
I just thought this interesting because I've used Slate as a reference
for a
number of articles - but following the rigid definition of an attack
site
which seems to be in vogue amongst a significant few, linking to Slate
is
now verboten.
http://www.slate.com/id/2175651/
"Brandt also has an interesting take on how Google props up Wikipedia
as a
premier information source, since more than 50 percent of Wikipedia's traffic comes from Google searches. If you wish to enter further into Brandt's matrix, read about how he uncovered a likely MI-5 agent
operating
on Wikipedia under the alias Slimvirgin. The winding road starts here
[link
to Wikipedia Review post by Brandt]."
I know this sounds like beating a dead horse, but correct me if I'm
mistaken
- we have never been given an assurance by proponents of this rigid
definition that "reliable sources" like Slate cannot be given blanket treatment as attack sites and suddenly have all external links to them suppressed.
I'm usually a big fan of Slate, but this is disgraceful. Can someone more articulate and who is able to make the point better try and raise the issue in Slate's Fray, show them who Brandt is from our perspective?
I don't read Agger's article as favorable to Brandt. I tend to read the phrase "interesting take" as meaning "this is fun ti read, but hard to believe." The fact that the one "exposed" feature that he references about Slim is the more extreme one that she is an MI-5 agent leaves me with the impression that he considers Brandt to be a conspiracy theorist.
I got the impression that Agger takes much of Brandt's conclusions at face value ("likely MI-5 agent").
Johnleemk