[WikiEN-l] About our disclaimer and what I wish...

Tue Dec 6 20:33:24 UTC 2005

The below is quite well stated, and sets a good
example for how deal with this in a meta article. 

Would it make sense to have '[[Siegenthaler
incident]]?' article on en.wiki? As always, NPOV would
requires that we avoid unnecessarily diplomatic
language. Someone could write a K5 article...

Stevertigo

--- Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, it's pretty obvious from the interview that
> she was out to get
> you.  CNN's coverage evinces clear bias.  We do need
> to work on your
> preinterview briefings, though....
> 
> It's been interesting to note the errors, minor and
> major, in the news
> coverage of this incident.  One radio report in
> Chicagoland reported
> that Seigenthaler was a former Senator.  

At least
> one blog report
> demanded absolute accuracy -- while misspelling
> Seigenthaler's name
> consistently throughout.  Almost all the print and
> electronic media
> articles I've seen misreport Wikipedia's URL as
> www.wikipedia.com
> (instead of .org).  The conclusion I've reached is
> that the media is
> no more accurate than we are.  I think it would be a
> really good idea
> to take the media coverage of this incident and
> identify all the
> errors in their coverage -- some of which reaches
> the level of libel
> itself (such as the one that says that Jimbo ignored
> Seigenthaler's
> entreaties for four months before bothering to act).
>  Their house is
> no cleaner than ours.

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