2008/10/2 Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com:
The flattering picture of media power in the hands of WP (we didn't run Byrne's line on short >selling, so it was ignored by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times?) deserves a short >response. As in: "Come on!" We're the unique reliable source, now?
Charles
No but we are one people read. With tightening budgets Journalists are having less and less time for background research and fact checking. So when they move outside their core fields of competence there appears to be an increasing tendency to turn to wikipedia.