Hi, a big thank you to Yuri for flagging this case of manipulation of public opinion.
Reading through the links provided - i can say WP edit time was mostly discussed among ”pro-state” media. One journalist even went as far as insinuating that assassination was planned in the ”west” and that WP was used to provide for media coverage (sic!)
I think that RU:WP should ask for apologies from the newspapers.
regards, /gheorghe
On 03/02/2015 03:55 PM, Habib M'henni wrote:
Hello,
FYI we had the same issue two years ago in Tunisia when a Tunisian politician was shot and an IP made the edit in UTC. See our response in (in French) http://www.wikimedia.tn/nouvelle-polemique-sur-wikipedia-en-tunisie/
Finally the Radio station who relayed this "scoop" wrote an apologize text.
Habib, from Wikimedia TN User Group Le 02/03/2015 14:37, Yuri Astrakhan a écrit :