The local high school endorses no Internet site for research.
The only ones are ones vetted by the state or the school.
A good Internet reference will have a decent bibliography and
footnote section of hard copy books.
Stewart
At 05:57 PM 2/11/2009, you wrote:
Ah a rare time I agree with Tom. More problems in that many school endorse
the use of wikipedia for historical references etc. Frightening. The
greater degree of lack of import means the greater chance I'll go to wiki to
read about it.
Mike
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote:
> >So the circle was closed: Wikipedia states a false fact, a
> >reputable media outlet copies the false fact, and this outlet is then
> >used as the source to prove the false fact to Wikipedia.
>
> Any media that uses Wikipedia for its fact checking is not "reputable." I
> would call it "lazy" media. Too lazy to contact the Minister's office to
> get the correct information.
>
> This is particularly interesting in light of this week's Time magazine
> cover story about "How to Save Your Newspaper"
> http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1877191,00.html
>
> "Time" tries to distinguish its brand of "reputable media" from the rest
> of the internet rabble to make the case that we ought to be paying for
> their Web content.
>
> Of course, if they get their facts from the Wikipedia, their content
> should be covered by copyleft and they can not legally charge for it. Ha,
> ha, ha!
>
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