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November 17, 2013
Wikipedia Unreliable Research Resource
[From article]
It’s easy to laugh off the Big Apple howlers. But millions take Wikipedia as gospel on more challenging subjects, from Kenya’s Mau Mau war to nuclear fission, which can’t be checked with a stroll around the block. What a travesty for journalism, for education and for what we once called “knowledge.”
http://nypost.com/2013/11/16/dont-trust-anything-on-wikipedia/
Don’t trust anything on Wikipedia
By Steve Cuozzo
November 16, 2013 | 8:30pm
New York Post
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