Wiki Character assassination

[Jandor]

December 11, 2005
Brian Chase, 38, of Nashville, Tennessee, hand-delivered a letter to the offices of John Seigenthaler Sr. in which he admits responsibility for false information he anonymously posted in a Wikipedia article. Initially a prank played on a friend, the false story claimed that Seigenthaler was a suspect in the assassination of President Kennedy.

The fake biography made rounds in the media after Seigenthaler discovered and denounced it in a USA Today op-ed article titled "A false Wikipedia 'biography'". A known free speech advocate, Seigenthaler refused to press charges. He recommended that Chase be re-hired for the job he was forced to quit when reporters, following leads from ad-hoc cyber detective Daniel Brandt, 57, of San Antonio, Texas, started calling the offices of his employer.

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Author_of_Wikipedia_character_assassination_takes_responsibility


I know I am guilty of using wikipedia a little to often as my point of reference, will this change the way you view it?

Discuss

 

[CptStern]

no not really, i usually cross reference facts

 

[French Ninja]

Am I the only one that think this has been blown immensely out of proportion by the news and an isolated incident? :/

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

The guy blew it way out of proportion, and it's retarded he flamed wikipedia so much, rather than simply going about it the way you're supposed to. Anyone can edit wikipedia and discuss on it, so he could have that fixed the proper way.

He made a guy lose his job because of that, what a douche is all I have to say.

 

[Jintor]

Uh... didn't he make himself lose the job because of it...?

 

[DreamThrall]

Am I the only one that think this has been blown immensely out of proportion by the news and an isolated incident? :/

Indeed.