The Irony: Reuters Slams Wikipedia's Credibility, Issues Own Correction
Posted by junger - 07/10/06 at 07:07:14 pmThe most classic part of this whole Wikipedia-Ken Lay-Reuters story (as described here and here) is the fact that the original Reuters story, which said Lay's death "underscored the challenges facing online encyclopaedia Wikipedia," contained a major error. As posted on the story:
Ken Lay's death prompts confusion on Wikipedia
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The death of former Enron Corp. chief Ken Lay on Wednesday underscored the challenges facing online encyclopaedia Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/), which as the news was breaking offered a variety of causes for his death.
Lay, 64, died of an apparent heart attack, according to a pastor at the Lay family's church in Houston. It was six weeks after a jury found him guilty of fraud in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history. A family spokeswoman said that Lay passed away early on Wednesday morning in Aspen.
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Wikipedia and Ken Lay: Not a Real Story
Posted by junger - 07/10/06 at 01:07:03 pmWhen former Enron CEO Ken Lay died last week, it took no longer than a few hours for Reuters to put out this Wikipedia hit piece, basically saying that Wikipedia "prompt[ed] confusion" regarding Lay's death. Then yesterday, the Washington Post's Frank Ahrens put out this un-remarkable and basically repurposed (from the Reuters story) article recapping Wikipedia and Ken Lay's death.
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Girl Thinks She is Jack Bauer's Other Daughter, MySpace's It
Posted by junger - 06/22/06 at 04:06:04 pmI was browsing around Wikipedia today, specifically the entry for Jack Bauer, when I noticed an oddity under the "Trivia" section: Jack and Teri had another daughter, named "Cassandra- Joanner Bauer (aka 'CJ'), who (in a twist of fate) was adopted by Lynn McGill after Jacks 'death'." Huh? I'm probably one of the biggest 24 fans out there, and I've never heard of this.
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Wikipedia Update 2: On-and-off for Dan and Keith
Posted by junger - 05/11/06 at 08:05:18 amI don't want to make this one story the only thing I have to cover, but the entry for Dan Abrams on Wikipedia keeps on going back and forth on whether or not he is dating Keith Olbermann.
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Wikipedia Update: It's Over for Dan and Keith
Posted by junger - 05/10/06 at 05:05:27 pmSorry to say it … but it's over for Dan Abrams and Keith Olbermann. As of 20:12, 10 May 2006 (which isn't until later, but I guess Wikipedia is on a different time zone), Dan is no longer currently dating his MSNBC co-worker Keith.
Now we'll have to see if either of them responds to this on their shows tonight … I've got both TiVo'd (there's a first time for everything).
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