RARA-AVIS: Re: "Pulp" broadcasts on BBC7

From: jacquesdebierue (jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 11 Dec 2008

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    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <davezelt@...> wrote:
    >
    > Stephen Colbert in the past has had his audience make gross
    > manipulations on Wikipedia (I think at one point adding new countries)
    > to show how untrustworthy the information on Wikipedia can be.
    >

    I have found it untrustworthy in subjects that I know something about. Not uniformly or predictably untrustworthy, and that makes it more difficult to say yea or nae. As one more source, it's fine as long as the topic is not controversial (i.e., does not attract fanatics and various nutjobs).

    Best,

    mrt



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