“I learned an important lesson about the kind of people drawn to web operations. Many of them had no connection to the kinds of ethics and training that were so essential in journalism. Talking about the public’s right, and need, to know with some of those folks was like talking to frogs about poetry.” - Former Britannica.com editor Charlie Madigan.
Screw you, man. Somebody sounds grumpy because they got their ass kicked by Wikipedia. Ya know… a “web operation.”
Jon discovers Wikipedia is down for the day.
By the way, we checked the “shout out gotcha question” that got her talking about Paul Revere. It was a reporter asking her, quote, “What have you seen so far today and what are you going to take away from your visit?” A political website reported today that Palin supporters have attempted to change the story of Revere’s ride on Wikipedia to reflect her version of events.
Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News
Does the idea that there might be truth frighten you? Does the idea that one afternoon on Wiki-fucking-pedia might enlighten you? Frighten you? Does the notion that there may not be a supernatural so blow your hippy noodle that you would rather just stand in the fog of your inability to Google?
Tim Minchin, Storm
