Philip Roth and Wikipedia
2012-09-16 15:23:08.332695+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Philip Roth wrote "an open letter to Wikipedia" in The New Yorker complaining about his problems in trying to change an entry in the Wikipedia article on The Human Stain.
Philip Roth and Wikipedia fact-checks Mr. Roth's article:
Third: people should perhaps start having a debate about the way authors are treated in “proper” sources. The New Yorker, the Guardian, ABC News and the Los Angeles Times – all respected bodies. And all, without being able and/or willing to do their own research, happily published or republished Roth’s assertions. We rely on these organisations for reporting what our politicians do, what our armed forces do, how entities with the power of life and death over humanity are accountable to the people. And they happily gulp down the glorified press releases of anyone who offers to let them touch his Pulitzer.