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Why is FiveFilters taking such interest in this particular anonymous Wikipedia editor? This doesn't look like simply an honest piece of investigative journalism
by bijection 8y ago
Why is FiveFilters taking such interest in this particular anonymous Wikipedia editor? This doesn't look like simply an honest piece of investigative journalism, given how far FiveFilters seems to be going to promote this story (https://twitter.com/fivefilters/ https://twitter.com/fivefilters/).
Why doesn't the article disclose the relationship between FiveFilters and Media Lens? The FiveFilters blog (http://blog.fivefilters.org/ http://blog.fivefilters.org/) mentions Media Lens three times (they've built tools for viewing Media Lens articles) and explicitly thanks Media Lens for making their content go viral.
There's a lot that doesn't quite add up.
- k1m 8y agoWe're a huge fan of Media Lens. They do great work. But we're not Wikipedia. We don't need to live up to the standards they set themselves. We don't run an encyclopedia that pretends to be neutral.
- crazydoggers 8y agoBy huge fan you mean “are”. (Look at parents posts) How did this garbage get on Wikipedia? Fivefilters and MediaLens are part of the whole anti media propaganda outfits. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jun/02/fuller https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jun/02/fuller
- k1m 8y agoNo, we are not Media Lens.
- wybiral 8y agoThey seem more like Putin-aligned propaganda relays than "investigative journalism".