Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as 'unreliable' source
by Jasper Jackson from Technology | The Guardian on (#2BZY4)
Online encyclopaedia editors rule out publisher as a reference citing 'reputation for poor fact checking and sensationalism'
Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the Daily Mail as a source for the website in all but exceptional circumstances after deeming the news group "generally unreliable".
The move is highly unusual for the online encyclopaedia, which rarely puts in place a blanket ban on publications and which still allows links to sources such as Kremlin backed news organisation Russia Today, and Fox News, both of which have raised concern among editors.
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