Comments on: Griddlesode #14: Ye Olde Wikipedia

By: Harry Podder

Harry Podder — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:00:56 +0000

Hi Ron,
I loved the skit. I think George Wahington ended up in Marketing at my old company
I appreciate the comparison of Wikipedia to the old trustworthy encyclopedias we grew up with. I have certainly seen my share of Wikipedia pages that were much more opinion than fact…and the occasional falsehood thrown in.
A similar crisis now is emerging and getting attention with the financial difficulties that mainstream journalism is facing. Will we be able to trust online sources the same as we trusted the NYT or WSJ? And who will do the grunt reporting?
At the same time, we need to realize that a hardcover book is not necessarily any more reliable. The scandals in the textbook industry over the past few years are well documented. Lots of errors and opinions forced by overzealous lobbyists.
From my perspective, Wikipedia is not as reliable as the old trusted news sources, but its a vast improvement over what we had before…searching out pages and looking thru them all to try to get the truth. At least its a good starting point.
Keep up the good work.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:28:47 +0000

Great show again! I especially enjoyed the song. It was very catchy and I loved all the different voices.

By: Corey James Scribner - Red Jazz Radio

Corey James Scribner - Red Jazz Radio — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 05:19:39 +0000

Loved the tribute to “Chris” by the way. Sounds like an impressive guy but can he run a sub-4 minute mile WHILE playing his guitar better than Eddie Van Halen?

By: Bruce Murray (The Zedcast)

Bruce Murray (The Zedcast) — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:01:30 +0000

Hi Ron,
Thanks for making me part of your “podcast community” also loved the ‘Ye Olde Wikipedia’ sketch, probably not far off from how much of history has actually been written.
Great show Ron, – Bruce
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