[WikiEN-l] WTF Have I Missed?

[David Gerard]

On 28/08/06, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly at pobox.com> wrote:
> At 13:50 +0800 28/8/06, Jimmy Wales wrote:

> >The journalist is typical of bad journalists.  Running with only the
> >slimmest of understanding, he pukes out his biases about how the world
> >works with little concern for underlying facts.
> >Fortunately for us all, there are also good journalists.

> That is an "ad hominem" attack.
> Have you read the article? Which parts are you unhappy with?


I'd have called it an expression of long exasperation with Bill
Thompson, myself. The best thing you can say about Bill Thompson's
writing is that he isn't malicious.


- d.