2009/3/3 Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>et>:
With respect to biographies of living persons,
unless there is
sufficient
reliable published information about a person to flesh out a well
balanced article we shouldn't have one.
The question them becomes "reliable." "Reliable sources" usually
print
whatever the subject tells them, even if it's a damn lie. (See the
Polish example earlier in this thread.)
- d.
Well, that is the "fact laundering" phenomenon I've explored in the past.
Information is no better than its actual source. And if the actual source
is gossip, rumor, or self dealing, no amount of publishing in The Times
(or other reliable source) changes its essential nature.
Fred