the Daily Mail’sCNN's reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication.”
Posted on 02/10/2017 9:00:48 AM PST by Olog-hai
Wikipedia has barred citations of The Daily Mail after editors of the online encyclopedia concluded Wednesday that the British tabloid is “generally unreliable.”
The decision came after a spirited, years-long debate over the Daily Mail’s credibility among Wikipedia’s active community of volunteer editors. The editors explained Wednesday that the decision stemmed from “the Daily Mail’s reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication.” As a result, the Daily Mail and its online offshoot have been “generally prohibited” as a reference on Wikipedia, “especially when other more reliable sources exist.” […]
Such a move is unusual for Wikipedia, which has faced its own share of scrutiny for inaccuracies. But the site has a dedicated group of editors who actively police entries for any errors or dubious citations. Some of those editors opposed the prohibition on the Daily Mail, saying the tabloid is reliable on certain topics. They also argued that singling out an individual source ignores other questionable sources that are still allowed on Wikipedia. …
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From an article on CNN.
Amazing how, as everyone here knows, we find out news detrimental to the left many times through the Mail first.
Yeah, it’s a rag, but that’s the truth.
The Clintoon News Network seems like they’re trying to suppress schadenfreude over this.
the Daily Mail’sCNN's reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication.”
Boycott Time-Warner-Turner-HBO-CNN
#TimeLies
Amazing how much American news comes out of Daily Mail. The journalism is very good with facts, figures, pictures etc. They report the way an article/story should be with a surprisingly low amount of injection of bias as opposed to the slime of American news.The rest of the Daily Mail is typical Brit garbage.
Every website is a scandal rag these days.
Daily Mail broke the East Anglia climate change emails that it was all a cooked up scam. That’s why they are hated.
CNN covered up toe tune abuse and murder under Sadam Hussein to maintain their Baghdad Bureau. They are a dishonest news agency that puts on commentary by Bill Maher.
CNN covered up torture abuse and murder under Sadam Hussein
Has Wikipedia banned the New York Times because of its “reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication?” Wikipedia bans opinions it does not agree with.
I dont know about the Brit stuff :)
I can’t believe that.
They do report American news well. That’s odd :)
That’s because they report news items that the MSM in this country has spiked for political reasons. Wikipedia is a non-entity in my book. Irrelevant.
We long ago banned Wikipedia at home by my boys and I did so with my company. In the latter, any use will result in termination.
I love the DailyMail. Love the large photos. But it’s like reading a comic book, as far as the reportage goes.
I’ve said many times here, over many years, that The Daily Mail is the worst edited website, and therefore probably newspaper as well, on two continents. It really looks like most of the articles are stitched together from two or three sets of notes, and many times not seamlessly. Many articles will include a number of directly contradictory statements, and are never corrected.
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