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Asking if Wikipedia is becoming a hub for propaganda, Canada’s Globe and Mail points out that an online database has shown 11,000 edits to the encyclopedia made from government computers. Tracking edits made by companies and governments has become a popular pastime this week, since grad student Virgil Griffith created the database, called Wikiscanner. -
1voteLast summer, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, hired Patrick J. Hynes, a conservative blogger and political consultant, to be his campaign’s blog liaison. Mr. Hynes quickly ran afoul of fellow bloggers by initially concealing his relationship to the McCain campaign while he was writing critically about other Republicans.
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Essjay was a trusted, credible Wikipedia editor/contributor, but it turns out that he fabricated his identity. He's not really a tenured professor but a 24 year-old who has never taught a class before. This raises questions of identity, credibility, transparency on open source collaborations such as Wikipedia. -
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A follow up article about the disgraced Wikipedia administrator named Essjay. He presented himself as a tenured professor when he was really a 20 something with a BA. His contributions to the Wikipedia community were of high quality & he was very well regarded. He said he was just trying to protect his identity, but people feel betrayed b/c they based their trust initially on his credentials. -
1voteThe Daily Reel is a site that acts as a filter for video content on the web so that Hollywood can easily find the best up-and-coming new talent. The problem is that it’s breaking down the editorial & business wall by highlighting the best content online with editorial reviews and then also putting a spotlight on videos The Daily Reel helped produce, such as a recent series from Sundance.
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