Reminds me of the situation last year where inflammatory but fake Limbaugh quotes were posted to Wikiquotehttp://maaadddog.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/quotation-attributed-to-rush-limbaugh-is-a-damnable-lie/ and became a big deal in the U.S. political blogosphere. This was around the time Limbaugh was interested in buying an NFL team, which ended up falling through.
Although admittedly glib, I'll conclude with: Live by the wiki, die by the wiki...
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:14 PM, crock spot crockspot@gmail.com wrote:
Can you cite a source for that Nathan? I'd like to read about that.
Don't be surprised if this whole thing turns out to be a hoax perpetrated by Limbaugh himself, and bites Wikipedia in the ass. This bears a striking resemblance to something Rush has long complained about: "sourced" comments attributed to him that were on Wikipedia.
Glenn Beck recently planted a small hoax on his radio show, expecting Media Matters to take the bait, and they did.
I suspect Limbaugh will end up having the last laugh, and it will be at Wikipedia's expense.
Crockspot
According to Rush Limbaugh's people, the crack Limbaugh research time (the best money can buy) discovered the pertinent information in the cited source itself, not Wikipedia. No leading conservative light, beacons of rationalism and skepticism, would draw information directly from such as source as Wikipedia and then repeat it as true with his or her own imprimatur.
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