Is Wikipedia Promoting Global Warming Hysteria?

AEGeneral · #1 07-10-2008, 08:09 PM

I know we discussed this months ago, but nonetheless, for those who didn't know about it...

Is Wikipedia Promoting Global Warming Hysteria? | NewsBusters.org

Quote:

Two weeks ago, a parent-teacher council blamed the online research source Wikipedia for falling test scores in Scotland.

On Tuesday, Canadian columnist Lawrence Solomon blamed Wikipedia for helping to spread global warming hysteria around the world.

The connection? Oftentimes "inaccurate or deliberately misleading information" published by Wikipedia being taken as fact by unsuspecting readers. (more)

AEGeneral · #2 07-10-2008, 08:11 PM

Here's Lawrence Solomon's original article:

Wikipropaganda On Global Warming, National Review: Wikipedia Is A Stunning Example Of How The Propaganda Machine Works - CBS News

Quote:

As you (or your kids) probably know, Wikipedia is now the most widely used and influential reference source on the Internet and therefore in the world, with more than 50 million unique visitors a month.

In theory Wikipedia is a “people’s encyclopedia” written and edited by the people who read it - anyone with an Internet connection. So on controversial topics, one might expect to see a broad range of opinion.

Not on global warming. On global warming we get consensus, Gore-style: a consensus forged by censorship, intimidation, and deceit. (more)

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