Why Wikipedia Should Be Trusted As A Breaking News Source

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• Mike Melanson

1. The content curator kings on wikipedia are very selective on what should appear on their pages. I think blogs are much more open and allow many more voices to be heard. Who decides which story is correct? ... PR firms have been using Wikipedia for marketing and market manipulation for years. Wikipedia's culture of protected anonymity makes the site ideal not only for deliberate leaks to build buzz, but also astroturfing through planted operatives who pretend to represent ... (Read Full Article)

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