Talk:Georgie Anne Geyer

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[edit] Controversy vs error

Hi FCYTravis,

I think several imortant points were lost in your edit.

• The quote is beyond any reasonable doubt false. What we have is that Islamic Association for Palestine, who are by no means a credible news organization, cited a broadcast on Israeli radio that never occured.
• Also, it is important that she used Islamic Association for Palestine as a source without mentioning it.

I did keep the new section title though. Akvak (talk) 11:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

The correction re-attributes the information, but does not retract it. We cannot state as a flat fact that the information is false. The only source for it being false is an article published by an organization which is arguably just as biased as the IAP. However, I have modified my version to included CAMERA's assertion that the quote is fabricated.

I don't disagree with you that it's almost certainly false and fabricated for propaganda purposes; however, we don't have an independent source saying that. FCYTravis (talk) 21:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I think you lost a few neuances here. What do you think about the present version? btw, Camera is of course a biased group, and its opinion should be taken with caution. However, Camera is a widely known organization, and has a reputation to maintain. All in all, I think they are a reliable source for pure facts as described in Wikipedia:Verifiability, and they are already quoted in for example the Hamas article. --Akvak (talk) 03:12, 10 December 2007 (UTC)