Press‑sourced Wikipedia Enables Moral Panic

When Wikipedia articles on sensitive topics rely primarily on newspaper reports, transient media frames (including moral‑panic narratives about crime and ethnicity) become fixed as 'encyclopedic' facts. That process can legitimize biased or under‑sourced claims and shape long‑term public understanding, debate, and policy. — If true, this pattern shows how platform sourcing norms can convert fleeting media coverage into durable public knowledge that influences politics and social attitudes.