It’s not that individual journalists don’t trust Wikipedia, but that they know they can’t publish an article in which a key fact comes directly from Wikipedia without any sort of corroboration. I assume, anyway. Perhaps I’m wrong.
I don’t think that key facts are often sourced via Wikipedia. On the other hand many facts that you find in an newspaper article aren’t the key facts.
It’s not that individual journalists don’t trust Wikipedia, but that they know they can’t publish an article in which a key fact comes directly from Wikipedia without any sort of corroboration. I assume, anyway. Perhaps I’m wrong.
I don’t think that key facts are often sourced via Wikipedia. On the other hand many facts that you find in an newspaper article aren’t the key facts.