Regarding Joe Wilson's "You lie!" statement during President Obama's speech, and the
New York Times musings on the
Wikipedia debate that followed.
"If journalism is the first draft of history, what is a Wikipedia entry when
it is updated within minutes of an event to reflect changes in a person’s
biography?" - Keith Old, Wikipedia-en-i mailing list, 10 September 2009
Time to revise the old saying.
History is written by the victors.
History is written by the experts.
History is written by the teenagers and unemployed.
At least the second draft of history gets written that way--the one that sits on top of the Google search returns.
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