On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:42 PM, Jay Walsh <jwa...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > It would be interesting to see the community develop its own high > profile > > > media contacts so this view can be communicated to the world! > > > > > > > > > > If Jimmy can write this in The Guardian (a paper which really seems to > like > > him a lot), > > > > ---o0o--- > > > > Together, we won the battle against Sopa and Pipa. Together, we can win > > this one too. > > > > ---o0o--- > > > > and it ends up copied in newspapers around the world, > > > > > > > https://news.google.co.uk/news/story?q=%22Together,+we+won+the+battle+against+Sopa+and+Pipa.+Together,+we+can+win+this+one+too.%22&hl=en&prmd=imvns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf > > > .,cf.osb&biw=1066&bih=743&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dgWkAFmBLjQBsNMJyGJqPnbvsPpkM&sa=X&ei=xXTrT8rQHYqp8QO_hqXVBQ&ved=0CC0QqgIwAA > > > > attributed to the Wikipedia founder, then there really is no discernible > > difference between his view and Wikipedia's, or Google's. > > > > > Hi folks - I'm a bit late to this thread, but I wanted to chime in. The > Communications Committee list/group brought up the issue of some wildly > inaccurate headlines on this story over the last 48hrs, and with their help > and some outreach we've tried to get some corrections. > > The press is going to make a very logical, if occasionally wildly > inaccurate, series of judgements on how to frame this whole topic/issue up. > Headlines are commonly over-generalized to the point of being dead wrong - > "Wikipedia backs Richard O'Dwyer petition" etc. > > The Wikimedia (chapter etc) folks who work with the press around the world > are regularly doing everything possible to avoid the overly general > summaries that come out in the media. We (and certainly WMF) are highly > sensitive to incorrect facts, and generally the media actually appreciate > it when we're able to reach out and get corrections. Wikimedians and > readers of the stories who offer up comments/responses on stories - below > the story - can help with this too. In some cases we have relationships > with senior editors at outlets and can get things fixed quickly. In other > cases timezones and publication timelines make this harder to resolve. > > I know how quickly a bad headline can spiral into more headlines and > echoing of false information. We hold the news outlets who originate those > stories and the ones that continue to repeat them accountable, and we ask > them to get it right. > > Just wanted to let you know that there's almost always an effort underway > to get corrections recorded. Jimmy is also very sensitive to these facts > and frequently when he sees an issue in a story he was interviewed for he > writes directly to the reporter for a fix. Jay, what did Jimmy expect the press to report? None of you have been doing this since yesterday. Jimmy's very petition is signed "Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder". http://www.change.org/petitions/ukhomeoffice-stop-the-extradition-of-richard-o-dwyer-to-the-usa-saverichard This is Wikipedia's name that is being leveraged here, pure and simply. And consciously so, deliberately, intentionally, knowingly. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l