[WikiEN-l] Koch brothers articles doctored says Think Progress

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Tue Mar 15 22:35:00 UTC 2011


> The thing is, it takes a conspiracy within the Wikipedia's rank and
> file to bias an article significantly over a long period; otherwise
> normal editing and then RFCs and so forth will tend sort it out.
>
> If it remains sufficiently inaccurate then the target will kick up a
> big fuss; initially within the Wikipedia, and then other places like
> Wikipedia Review and eventually in the press. The more people that
> look at the bias, the less sustainable the position of the conspiracy
> becomes.

Firms, organizations, or even individuals with PR budgets in the
millions, or passionate, but sane, supporters can and do much better than
that.

Fred




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