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Re:Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages by tptacek on Friday March 15, 2019 @05:26PM (#19404476)
Technically, press releases can't be used on WP as reliable sources; they fall afoul of WP:SPS, right?
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Re:Facebook, Axios and NBC Paid to Whitewash Wikipedia Pages by ilamont on Friday March 15, 2019 @06:16PM (#19404826)
That's right. But because the details from the press release or PR pitch is embedded in a news story -- and no reporter or editor would admit that the story was based on a press release or PR pitch -- it's seldom detected. Wikipedia editor sees "ABC News" or "NY Times" as the source, so it gets a pass.
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