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Stephen Downes

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This article serves as evidence that readers should check the veracity of any report they read, even those published in reputable sources, because the authors of those reports may have simply copied their material from Wikipedia. And it's not just the Wikipedia cites. "Several studies have explored things in a systematic manner, and the results are pretty discouraging. Press releases, the raw material of a lot of journalism, don't always acknowledge the limitations of studies and, at least partially as a result, relevant information is missing from many press reports."

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