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I'm concerned that footnotes 44-46 don't "corroborate" the National Review article and only mentions them.
"In May of 2021, Cooke authored a piece debunking Covid fraud and political harassment claims[43] made by Rebekah Jones that was picked up widely and corroborated by outlets such as NPR,[44] Reason,[45] and Business Insider. The latter of which credited Cooke with extensive public record research into her background, questionable authority, and specious claims.[46]"
To be more specific, none of the cited articles (at least from my reading) independently corroborate the claims in the National Review article. Thus, I'd suggest at least striking the words "and corroborated." Further, the Business Insider article again just references Cooke's article, so to say "the latter of which credited Cooke with extensive public record research" seems to unduely lend authority or corroboration to Cooke's article.
It seems especially important for Wikipedia to be careful when it comes to attacks on someone's personal character (Rebekah Jones). It's obviously fine to mention Cooke's major articles, but I'm concerned about how it's being given undue credence. I'd probably want to remove the whole paragraph unless there's something more to be said other than that Cooke wrote this article?
JustDoubleChecking ( talk) 17:25, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Squatch347 ( talk) 23:59, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
JustDoubleChecking ( talk) 04:28, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
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I'm concerned that footnotes 44-46 don't "corroborate" the National Review article and only mentions them.
"In May of 2021, Cooke authored a piece debunking Covid fraud and political harassment claims[43] made by Rebekah Jones that was picked up widely and corroborated by outlets such as NPR,[44] Reason,[45] and Business Insider. The latter of which credited Cooke with extensive public record research into her background, questionable authority, and specious claims.[46]"
To be more specific, none of the cited articles (at least from my reading) independently corroborate the claims in the National Review article. Thus, I'd suggest at least striking the words "and corroborated." Further, the Business Insider article again just references Cooke's article, so to say "the latter of which credited Cooke with extensive public record research" seems to unduely lend authority or corroboration to Cooke's article.
It seems especially important for Wikipedia to be careful when it comes to attacks on someone's personal character (Rebekah Jones). It's obviously fine to mention Cooke's major articles, but I'm concerned about how it's being given undue credence. I'd probably want to remove the whole paragraph unless there's something more to be said other than that Cooke wrote this article?
JustDoubleChecking ( talk) 17:25, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
Squatch347 ( talk) 23:59, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
JustDoubleChecking ( talk) 04:28, 23 June 2021 (UTC)