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They use 3 images from the wikipedia page which prevents you from reading it. Wikipedia was among several websites to shut down at midnight in protest of anti-
by onemoreact 15y ago
They use 3 images from the wikipedia page which prevents you from reading it. Wikipedia was among several websites to shut down at midnight in protest of anti-piracy bills now in Congress that critics say could amount to censorship. Wikipedia did not shutdown, people in France can read the French or English version of the site just fine.
PS: I could continue but those are literally the first picture and first sentence of the article.
- Symmetry 15y agoThose seem like just the typical news agency sloppiness, not evidence of any sort of deliberate misrepresentation. News articles about subjects you have in depth knowledge of are always that bad, at least for daily publications.
- ugh 15y agoThey grabbed one of the first images that come up when you search for Wikipedia on Getty Images†. They were lazy, not malicious. And being wrong about one inconsequential detail doesn’t mean they are misrepresenting anything. They made a stupid mistake, that’s all. I don’t want to defend CNN but I think it’s about time turn confirmation bias down a bit. — † A link: http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&assetType=image&ebd=2012-01-17&p=wikipedia http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&...
- onemoreact 15y ago"Internet companies are worried they could be held liable for users' actions." SOPA makes Internet companies liable for their users actions by removing safe harbor provisions. The only could is 'could be held liable' in a court of law. They also avoid mentioning how many websites are protesting SOPA. If this was breaking news that would be one thing, but they have had significant warning that this was going to happen.