Comments on: Nathan Kaiser, fact-checker

by: eblogger

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:09:33 +0000

According to an email,. Mathias would like to post the following comment. Blogsome’s spam guard won’t let him (too many links with dashes, I think):

“The actual event Jimmy is referring to was a little more complex:

http://mathiasschindler.de/2005/10/11/football-is-coming-home/

and

http://mathiasschindler.de/2005/10/12/we-suck-the-same-way-this-internet-does/

Sorry for simply dumping links.

And yes, there is a wide range of spelling styles of the B-word. And yes, Brockhaus is only equivalent to EBI in terms of reputation and role, not in terms of content or affiliation.”

by: Mathias Schindler

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:50:51 +0000

Well, I am not sure if this is a job for fact-checking.

First of all, you are correct in spelling Britannica the way you did and mentioning Brockhaus.

It’s not a job of journalists to correct statements from third persons in an interview, unless you are Bill O’Reilly.

by: Openpedia.org

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:22:23 +0000

Nathan Kaiser, fact-checker

[Source: EBlogger] quoted: There’s a brief interview with Jimmy Wales at nPost.com that has this entertaining little tidbit: