Why Wikipedia Should Be Trusted As A Breaking News Source

Courtesy Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 03/15/2010 - 09:21

Most any journalism professor, upon mention of Wikipedia, will immediately launch into a rant about how the massively collaborative online encyclopedia can't be trusted.

It can, you see, be edited and altered by absolutely anyone at any moment. But how much less trustworthy is the site for breaking news than the plethora of blogs and social?

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