EPISODE · Aug 9, 2018 · 10 MIN
How Wikipedia has been turned into FAKE NEWS
from The Jack Report - London Calling · host Albert Jack
Wikipedia provides Internet users with millions of articles on a wide range of subjects and often ranks first in search engines. But its reliability and credibility fall well short of any reasonable standards.Anybody using Wikipedia as a research resource should definitely cross-reference their results in at least two other places. In fact, people are now starting to avoid using Wikipedia for anything.And this should not be surprising. According to Wikipedia itself, ‘While some articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly complete rubbish. Use Wikipedia with an informed understanding of what it is and what it isn’t.’Okay, well let’s have a look at what it is and what it isn’t.http://albertjack.comhttps://albertjack.com/category/the-jack-report/Audio Books written & narrated by Albert Jack here - https://albertjack.co.uk/
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Wikipedia provides Internet users with millions of articles on a wide range of subjects and often ranks first in search engines. But its reliability and credibility fall well short of any reasonable standards.Anybody using Wikipedia as a research resource should definitely cross-reference their results in at least two other places. In fact, people are now starting to avoid using Wikipedia for anything.And this should not be surprising. According to Wikipedia itself, ‘While some articles are of the highest quality of scholarship, others are admittedly complete rubbish. Use Wikipedia with an informed understanding of what it is and what it isn’t.’Okay, well let’s have a look at what it is and what it isn’t.http://albertjack.comhttps://albertjack.com/category/the-jack-report/Audio Books written & narrated by Albert Jack here - https://albertjack.co.uk/
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