Talk:L. Gordon Crovitz

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The subject does not even appear to be employed. The profile looks like a resume, and this guy is basically accused of being a fake news generator by many contributors.

Xerox invented the internet

In July 2012, Crovitz wrote a controversial and widely critiqued column claiming that "full credit" for inventing the Internet should go to Xerox, because, "It was at the Xerox PARC labs in Silicon Valley in the 1970s that the Ethernet was developed to link different computer networks." This fact keeps on being deleted by users claiming that the addition is biased, but they don't explain why it is biased. This is a factual argument made by Crovitz.

That is an argument that makes the guy look ignorant; Ethernet is a protocol used on Local Area Networks, not on the internet. I've just read an article by him about potential consequences of the US abandoning control of ICANN, which also exposes a lack of understanding of fundamentals of DNS and the root zone. Rather surprising, given that he's obviously a smart guy who supposedly understands tech. MrDemeanour (talk) 11:50, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking, this wikipedia entry reads like a commercial for the subject... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.249.213.57 (talk) 19:13, 28 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I restored it and I will continue to restore it unless we get consensus to the contrary. This editorial is representative of his economic philosophy. Given that he's an editorial writer, it is a flaw of this entry that it says basically nothing about his beliefs. It does look like a resume, and I wonder if there are WP:COPYVIO problems.

July 2014 NPOV added: this article looks self-written or written by a series of fans who will not post the factual information about what Crovitz argues. He was clearly wrong in both the Ethernet article and the ICANN one. I read Crovitz column all the time; he's wrong about all sorts of things regularly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.162.222.248 (talk) 14:19, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the deletions seem to have been done by two single-purpose accounts which have only edited this page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Factual522012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nwchurchill

Crovitz has provoked another controversy. Wall Street Journal Columnist Repeatedly Gets His Facts Wrong About NSA Surveillance This might be worth adding too. --Nbauman (talk) 01:31, 4 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's another: Ridiculously Misinformed Opinion Piece In WSJ Asks Apple And Google To Make Everyone Less Safe Mike Masnick writes, "Crovitz is either woefully clueless and misinformed or he's purposely misleading the American public. Neither reflects well on him or the Wall Street Journal."

Wife

I'd send Gordon an email regarding the comment in this article about us mixing up his wives. This was his reply in its entirety:

Yes, Minky Worden is my current wife and Anne Alstott is my ex. wife. I'd be pleased to have this information in my Wikipedia entry if you find it appropriate.

So I'm restoring and fixing to that effect. Tabercil (talk) 22:17, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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