On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 2:19 PM, The Cunctator <cuncta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also, you can't FOIA birth certificates. >
That's not true as a blanket statement. Conventionally FOIA refers to the federal open records law, but there are others (under many names, including FOIA) at the state level in most states. Whether birth records are included or not varies by state. Back to People Magazine... First, I did say "no more reliable than Demi Moore herself." Which isn't contradicted by your assertion that she was the magazine's source for this bit of information. Second, I'd take the opposite track on your little decision tree. Which is more likely? A) Demi Moore has consistently and correctly reported her own birth name. One outlet got it wrong, leading to a cascade of re-reporting in other outlets also getting it wrong Or B) Demi Moore from time to time changes her mind about whether to lie or tell the truth about her own birth name I pick B. Having worked for several newspapers and, as a regular reader, witnessed a mind-boggling array of errors in even the best and most prestigious news outlets, I have a pretty healthy doubt for the accuracy of any interview or news report. If you never read anything other than Wikipedia coverage, it would still make any reasonable person question whether journalists are capable of getting even the most basic information right most of the time. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
