Please forgive This Writer for a moment of schadenfreude at the expense of the person mentioned in this Political Scrapbook article.

He tried to cause Vox Political some discomfort last summer and fell flat on his backside. It seems some people never learn.

The Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges wasn’t a happy bunny [on February 9]. But the day got progressively worse.It all kicked off when the Guardian broke the story that Wikipedia editors had now deemed the Daily Mail as an “unreliable source” for stories.

That irked its columnist Dan Hodges, who tweeted:

Mainstream media need to wake up fast to this "fake news" narrative. It's not the fake news that's in the firing line. It's real news.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) February 9, 2017

which got a reply from Political Scrapbook editor:

Or maybe you just can't differentiate between reputable newspapers and those who happily publish lies. https://t.co/AXrAsIqE4d

— Sunny Hundal (@sunny_hundal) February 9, 2017

and then a debate ensued…

.@sunny_hundal Yes. That's precisely my argument. Should leave it up to their contributors and readers to decide what a reliable source is.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) February 9, 2017

At which point it becomes clear that Dan Hodges hadn’t even bothered to look into the controversy he was complaining about.

Because the founder of Wikipedia himself weighed in…

Dan, that exactly what happened. Organization did not decide this, contributors did.

— Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) February 9, 2017

It’s almost like Daily Mail columnists have little idea of the subject they’re complaining about.

No wonder Wikipedia editors are banning them

Source: Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges gets owned by Wikipedia founder over Mail ban | Political Scrapbook

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