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(a)theatlantic.com
-----Original Message-----
From: wikipedia-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of James R. Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:51 PM
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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
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[mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Mayer
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:00 PM
To: wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] NYT to forbid use of Wikipedia as a
reference?
--- Stan Shebs <shebs(a)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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