

The Daily Mail columnist Dan Hodges wasn’t a happy bunny today. 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 this morning:

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 Now, given we've identified them all as purveyors of "fake news" what should we do about them. More bans? — (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) February 9, 2017

.@sunny_hundal No, I'm (still) trying to get you to answer a very simple question. Do you agree with the Wikileaks Mail ban or not… — (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) February 9, 2017

and…

.@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 weighted in…

@DPJHodges @sunny_hundal Dan, that exactly what happened. Organization did not decide this, contributors did. — Jimmy Wales (@jimmy_wales) February 9, 2017

Ouch!

@jimmy_wales @DPJHodges @sunny_hundal Think Dan is gonna need some ice for that burn — Andrew McCarthy (@AndMcC01) February 9, 2017

@jimmy_wales @DPJHodges @sunny_hundal Thanks Jimmy Am sending you another donation to celebrate — Melissa Thomas (@Melraith333) February 9, 2017

But Dan Hodges kept digging further…

@DPJHodges @jimmy_wales @sunny_hundal yea but it will be removed for a better source in nearly all instances. Pretty clear. — tmrss (@tmrss_) February 9, 2017





and…

@DPJHodges @jimmy_wales @sunny_hundal don't take it personally, I can see other low quality papers being removed soon too. — tmrss (@tmrss_) February 9, 2017





so he weighed in again…

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

No wonder Wikipedia editors are banning them