From: "Gary Britt" 

Yes and know.  With blogs, you have the ability to gauge the reliability of
the single content provider and decide about that person's credibility.
That's what's missing from wikis and why wikis are less reliable than blogs
(i.e. you have no idea with wikis whom the content provider was or what
their agenda might be).

Gary

"Robert Comer"  wrote in
message news:439d8146{at}w3.nls.net...
> > And here is a real life example of why Mark is right about Wikipedia
> > content
> > on the net.
>
> Absolutely, but I'd place blogs in that same realm too.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:439d0a8e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > And here is a real life example of why Mark is right about Wikipedia
> > content
> > on the net.  On another note:  The last paragraph below is rather
> > funny/ironic given its written by a newspaper writer who writes anything
> > he
> > wants, whether true or not, about Bush/Cheney/Republicans/Christians.
> > Imagine the foaming at the mouth if that same suggestion were made about
> > regulating MSM reporters.
> >
> > http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1396188
> >
> > Brian Chase, 38, ended up resigning from his job and apologizing to John
> > Seigenthaler Sr., the former publisher of the Tennessean newspaper and
> > founding editorial director of USA Today.
> >
> > "I knew from the news that Mr. Seigenthaler was looking for
who did it,
> > and
> > I did it, so I needed to let him know in particular that it wasn't
anyone
> > out to get him, that it was done as a joke that went horribly, horribly
> > wrong," Chase was quoted as saying in Sunday editions of The
Tennessean.
> > Chase said he didn't know the free Internet encyclopedia called
Wikipedia
> > was used as a serious reference tool.
> >
> > The biography he posted, which has since been replaced, falsely stated
> > that
> > Seigenthaler was linked to the Kennedy assassinations and had lived in
the
> > Soviet Union from 1971 to 1984.
> >
> > The entry motivated Seigenthaler to write an op-ed piece for USA Today
> > blasting Wikipedia's credibility. He described himself as a close friend
> > of
> > Robert Kennedy and said he had worked with President Kennedy. He said
"the
> > most painful thing was to have them suggest that I was suspected of
their
> > assassination."
> >
> > Seigenthaler said he doesn't plan to pursue legal action against Chase.
> >
> > He also said he doesn't support more regulations of the Internet, but he
> > said that he fears "Wikipedia is inviting it by its allowing
irresponsible
> > vandals to write anything they want about anybody."
> >
> >
>
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