Dave Morris » tim russert http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris From the laptop/iPhone of the Director of Video Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:04:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 NBC fires worker who posted on Wikipedia http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/06/23/nbc-fires-worker-who-posted-on-wikipedia/ http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/06/23/nbc-fires-worker-who-posted-on-wikipedia/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:27:11 +0000 davemorris http://blog.newsok.com/davemorris/2008/06/23/nbc-fires-worker-who-posted-on-wikipedia/ Tim Russert died last week. Before NBC News announced the death on air – it waited to inform Russert’s family – the Wikipedia entry on Russert had been updated with the news.

]]> Tim Russert died last week. Before NBC News announced the death on air – it waited to inform Russert’s family – the Wikipedia entry on Russert had been updated with the news. NBC tracked down who updated the Wiki, and fired the junior level employee.

The NY Times has a good story on how news is delayed – or not – online.
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