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> what will replace inaccurate newspaper headlines then?, what will replace inaccurate newspaper headlines then?
milowent
post Tue 13th March 2012, 11:00pm
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http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/pageviews...-wikipedia-wins


http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012...ps-the-presses/

"But in recent years, print reference books have been almost completely wiped out by the Internet and its vast spread of resources, particularly Wikipedia, which in 11 years has helped replace the authority of experts with the wisdom of the crowds."

This is a ridiculous quote.
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post Tue 13th March 2012, 11:41pm
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Britannica was used before by students to get summaries of things they needed. Now Wikipedia is an easy to do that. Look at Britannica's online attempt - it is quite similar to Wikipedia.


The problem is that Britannica was mostly used for amateurs, not academics, and the amateur market moved elsewhere. Similar to e-books with academic books never really going to be replaced by them (not college text books, but actual scholarly works).
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milowent   what will replace inaccurate newspaper headlines then?   Tue 13th March 2012, 11:00pm
Selina   I just came here to post the last link too! W...   Tue 13th March 2012, 11:13pm
Cunningly Linguistic   Wikipedia to blame my arse. The cost of the blood...   Tue 13th March 2012, 11:21pm
lilburne   Wikipedia to blame my arse. The cost of the bloo...   Tue 13th March 2012, 11:28pm
Emperor   That really is sad. I hope someone steps in and t...   Tue 13th March 2012, 11:44pm
EricBarbour   It was probably inevitable--for years, only librar...   Tue 13th March 2012, 11:56pm
Ottava   Try to remember all those housewives who were arm...   Wed 14th March 2012, 12:19am
SB_Johnny   Try to remember all those housewives who were ar...   Wed 14th March 2012, 12:38am
Emperor   It was probably inevitable--for years, only libra...   Wed 14th March 2012, 12:51am
Mister Die   Obsolete upon publication? I disagree. I'd t...   Wed 14th March 2012, 2:21am
gomi   test   Wed 14th March 2012, 1:42am
Selina   (Offtopic I know, but I did say you weren't ba...   Wed 14th March 2012, 1:45am
gomi   [i](Offtopic I know, but I did say you weren't...   Wed 14th March 2012, 5:58am
Cunningly Linguistic   [i](Offtopic I know, but I did say you weren...   Wed 14th March 2012, 11:19am
thekohser   Some interesting follow-up reading is here, here, ...   Thu 15th March 2012, 4:07pm
barney   Paid content? A Blog? Meh.   Sat 17th March 2012, 6:07am
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