[WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs

[Charles Matthews]

Gwern Branwen wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Durova<nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Gwern: see the Ken Hechtman example above.  In 2001 a Canadian journalist
>> who was held by the Taliban did have his life endangered by news coverage.
>>
>> -Durova
>>
>>     
>
> Yes, I read it. I don't think it comes *anywhere* near proving your
> sweeping proposition that this sort of censorship is justified.
By calling it "censorship" you are of course assuming what you want to 
prove, that it was unjustified.  "Censor" is the name of an official 
position.  If there were a position within the WMF devoted to keeping 
_news_ out of Wikipedia when there are reliable sources, beyond a 
quibble, supporting it, just because someone was lobbying to have it 
suppressed, then you'd have a case.  I'm not aware of that type of 
arrangement.

Charles