Wikipedia: The Wisdom and the Folly of Crowds

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Wikipedia calls itself "the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit," but 15 million articles create the potential for a multitude of mistakes, dirty tricks and editorial bias. Can one of the Internet's most popular sites be open to all and maintain high standards of accuracy at the same time?  Also, ethnic violence ebbs in Kyrgyzstan, and the NBA season is finally over and the US is still alive in the World Cup.

Wikipedia calls itself "the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit," but 15 million articles create the potential for a multitude of mistakes, dirty tricks and editorial bias. Can one of the Internet's most popular sites be open to all and maintain high standards of accuracy at the same time? Also, ethnic violence begins to ebb in Kyrgyzstan. On Reporter's Notebook, the Lakers defeated the Celtics last night and today the US barely salvaged a tie with Slovenia—the smallest country in the World Cup tournament.

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Katie Cooper