[WikiEN-l] Interesting debate over reliable sources

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 17:08:19 -0400, jayjg <jayjg99 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Letters to the editor are checked for authenticity by the newspapers
>printing them; in fact, the fundamental thing making a source reliable
>is fact-checking. Usenet posts do not have fact-checkers.

I have a friend who is one of several people who have had letters
published under their name and address but which they did not write,
and which caricatured their well-known views to cast them in a bad
light.

Guy (JzG)
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