Get Me Rewrite

On the Media | May 5, 2011
Internet users searching for news on the London bombings had plenty of mainstream media sites to turn to. And they had Wikipedia. Within hours of the attacks, the ever-dynamic website had developed one of the most comprehensive sources of information on the bombings, which, like everything else on Wiki, was written and edited entirely by volunteers. New media maven Clay Shirky joins Bob discuss what Wiki has to offer the news-scape.

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