[Foundation-l] LA Times article / Advertising in Wikipedia

[Mike Godwin]

David Goodman writes:

> We certainly do teach them about the factor of medical advertisement
> as it affects the content of medical journals.

I'm aware of this, since I've done a lot of work with librarians in  
free-speech, copyright, and technology matters (most recently for  
ALA's DC office).  But I am under the impression that librarians  
nevertheless routinely approve the purchases of subscriptions to  
medical journals that may contain advertisements.

> The effect of advertisements on news reporting
> in general is another well known phenomenon.

This of course is an excellent reason to cease citations in Wikipedia  
to journals that do news reporting.

;)


--Mike