Irish Student Hoaxes World's Media With Fake Quote
When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news.
As regular readers of my blog know, I am a big fan of using Wikipedia as a reference link, as it is a great way to get a primer on something, and folks interested in more can check out the footnotes for more in-depth articles. But being aware of its potential problems is key. And when it comes to potential problems, how about them apples?
Also sweet: this oldie but goodie I found a while back on the Grammy page. Gotta love web 2.0.
When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news.
As regular readers of my blog know, I am a big fan of using Wikipedia as a reference link, as it is a great way to get a primer on something, and folks interested in more can check out the footnotes for more in-depth articles. But being aware of its potential problems is key. And when it comes to potential problems, how about them apples?
Also sweet: this oldie but goodie I found a while back on the Grammy page. Gotta love web 2.0.
Labels: checking yourself before you wreck yourself, the internets
posted by Ammie at 6:57 PM
1 Comments:
This is one of the best pranks I've seen in a long time. It educates and mocks simultaneously. Shane Fitzgerald is my new hero.
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