1968 – Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan mortally shot U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (pictured) inside the kitchen pantry of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, an event that has spawned a variety of conspiracy theories.
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Wikipedia's News entry for the death of RFK (5 posts)
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Posted 15 years ago #
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so what's your take on this?
Posted 15 years ago # -
Well I think that Wikipedia should not be saying that Sirhan shot RFK as if it is a fact. The news section makes it sound as if it is conclusive and if you read about the case, it is definitely not a fact. Especially with the new Van Praag and Joling book An Open and Shut Case. In this book, a recording of the assassination, made by a reporter accidently leaving his recorder on, engineer and audio expert Phil Van Praag determines that 13 shots were fired in the pantry of the Ambassador hotel 41 years ago. Sirhan's .22 caliber revolver only held eight shots. With this, Noguchi's autopsy report, the evidence of additional bullet holes, eyewitness testimony and a lot of other evidence, this case is far from conclusive that Sirhan "fatally shot" RFK.
The best articles on the web are Lisa Pease's here:
http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/collections/ass...
http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/collections/ass...
My favorite book is Philip Melanson's first book on the case: http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Kennedy-Assassination...
Another great and more well-known book is the Turner and Christian: http://www.amazon.com/Assassination-Robert-F-Kenne...
Here's a link to Joling and Van Praag's website: http://www.anopenandshutcase.com/
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Yeah, I think all the Wikipedia history pages state the mainstream view as fact. They often have a little section at the end for "alternative perspectives."
Take a look at the tiny paragraph on "Conspiracy Theories" on the 9/11 page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11
I wonder how quick it would be deleted if you tried to insert questions over RFK's assassination into the main body of the entry...
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I wonder how quick it would be deleted if you tried to insert questions over RFK's assassination into the main body of the entry...
Within 5 minutes. That's about how long it takes for them to revert back to the phrase "conspiracy theorist" on Jim Hoffman's page, even though the pages of people like Dewdney, Icke, Shayler and others don't use the phrase to label them.
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