Hi Fabrice,
Just to point out that this is one post in a series of “OMG Wikipedia hates
homeopathy!!!!” blogposts coming in from various corners of the blogosphere so
I’d bear that in mind — this guy is, however, considerably more reputable than
the usual bloggers that have been chasing this since the start of the year or
so.
As for responding to it — I’d defer to the side of the businessman :)
Journalism is for journalists, and we as the Foundation are definitely not
journalists — at least not the same kind.
That’s just my spin on this though, as a comms volunteer. Other, actual comms-y
people might think different. :)
best,
Joe
On 5 December 2014 at 1:34:19 am, Fabrice Florin ([email protected]) wrote:
Hey social media team,
What is our current policy regarding controversies like these?
Harvard Doc To Wikipedia: You’re Not Playing Fair On Alternative Trauma Therapy
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2014/11/harvard-doc-to-wikipedia-youre-not-playing-fair-on-alternative-trauma-therapy
The journalist in me says we should cover them because they are part of our
movement’s news.
The business man in me says it’s best to not stir the flames if it doesn’t
serve your goals.
What do we think as a communications team?
I have not researched this at all, so have no factual evidence to cite about
the validity of the author’s claims that he was unfairly scrubbed in this
"energy psychology" article.
But the reasoned tone of his article doesn’t make him sound like a “lunatic
charlatan” at first glance, even if his medical methods are unorthodox.
Again, please let me know if I am contributing too much or inappropriately to
this list. I thrive on feedback :)
Fabrice
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