Innerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCIA ends publication of its popular World Factbook reference toolwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down10
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkCIA ends publication of its popular World Factbook reference toolwww.nbcnews.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarePM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down17·3 months agoMaybe I missed something but why exactly was the World Factbook important now that we have Wikipedia and widespread access to other sources? And do we seriously consider the CIA a reliable source on literally anything?
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoA lot of Wikipedia articles cite the factbook.
minus-squarePM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·3 months agoWhich is an indictment of Wikipedia I guess
minus-squarePM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·3 months agoNo u
Maybe I missed something but why exactly was the World Factbook important now that we have Wikipedia and widespread access to other sources? And do we seriously consider the
CIA a reliable source on literally anything?
A lot of Wikipedia articles cite the factbook.
Which is an indictment of Wikipedia I guess
Fix your brain.
No u