Open-sourcing the news
WikiNews is in the news again. This is a pretty decent article about what WikiNews is all about and why it might help to correct some of the major issues facing news organizations today.
…the mainstream media have let slip their pledges of objectivity and commitments to high-quality journalism. The goal of Wikinews is to give the straight story, neutral and unbiased. And to get the facts right–an area where mainstream media has lost some credibility.
Can you imagine an unbiased news source? Accurate and spin free? I know, it’s a radical idea, but it’s amazing what ‘the people’ can do when they put their mind to it.
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