I just mention this a kind of journalistic experiment. Here in DC we have a free weekly called "The City Paper." I think it's terrific. They have a standing feature called something like "Mistakes in the Washington Post." Their readers and editors scour the paper for boo-boos. It's both funny and enlightening. The WP is a great paper, and it takes pains to be right. But neither The Post nor any other paper can be 100% correct. Most people don't realize this. If the community at Wikipedia looked carefully at the NYT for one day or a week, I'm sure you'd come up with quite a list. This list, in turn, would get picked up by the press. I'm certain of it.
All the Best,
Marshall Poe, Ph.D. The Atlantic Monthly 600 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington, DC 20037 202-266-6511 mpoe@theatlantic.com -----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James R. Johnson Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:51 PM To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: RE: [Wikipedia-l] NYT to forbid use of Wikipedia as a reference?
So true. Jayson Blair, anyone? And how many other errors/omissions/biases on the NYT could we list if we tried?
James
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mayer Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:00 PM To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] NYT to forbid use of Wikipedia as a reference?
--- Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
You mean the "Paper of Record" has been using WP to check their facts?
Don't they realize how frequently we use *them* as a source? Shades of
the Cheney/Miller echo chamber, geez...
Very, very good point. We should work up a page that lists all their big errors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times#Recent_controversies is a good start.
-- mav
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