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1 posted on 11/19/2006 2:15:54 PM PST by IsraelBeach
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After going over and looking thru "Israel News Service", I agree with the comment:
Per Danny's comments below, all the stories on the home page carry Joel Lyden's byline including http://www.israelnewsagency.com/wikipediacensorshiplibelslanderisrael880512.html, so I'm guessing this is as described: editorial masquerading as a news service. Functionally indistinguishable from a blog, in other words, and carrying at least some highly questionable content. Deleted articles as created were self-evident spam. Just zis Guy you know? 10:31, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Israel News Service does convey the impression of being a low-budget blog masquerading as a news service, written by somebody with an excessive sense of grandeur
62 posted on 11/19/2006 5:22:45 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)
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Reads more like a hit piece than any kind of credible journalism. I'd be skeptical.


64 posted on 11/19/2006 5:27:11 PM PST by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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He purposefully logged on and added incorrect information. Then he waited to see how long it took Wikipedia editors to correct the errors.

That makes it about a thousand times better than the New York Times, for example. The NYT is wrong all the time and sometimes never issues corrections. What did Duranty win the Pulitzer prize for, again?

65 posted on 11/19/2006 6:32:16 PM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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Wikipedia is a great resource for looking up some small bit of technical trivia about Eva, or checking what years classic NES games came out for a discussion about the graphics or length or which game ripped off which other, but would I ever consider it a serious political resource? Fark no.


66 posted on 11/19/2006 7:26:30 PM PST by Fire_on_High (I am so proud of what we were...)
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