> 2009/3/3 Fred Bauder <[email protected]>: > >> With respect to biographies of living persons, unless there is >> sufficient >> reliable published information about a person to flesh out a well >> balanced article we shouldn't have one. > > > The question them becomes "reliable." "Reliable sources" usually print > whatever the subject tells them, even if it's a damn lie. (See the > Polish example earlier in this thread.) > > > - d. >
Well, that is the "fact laundering" phenomenon I've explored in the past. Information is no better than its actual source. And if the actual source is gossip, rumor, or self dealing, no amount of publishing in The Times (or other reliable source) changes its essential nature. Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
