Of course your mom messed you up; they all do, and if you watched more of the liberal media you would know this.

Since you asked, I think your objection valid, for whatever that is worth. Encyclopedias still make good reading for the young; in the pre-Wikipedia days that was all we had. They have the disadvantage of lacking daily updates and the advantage of never being updated by trained academic professionals with decades of study and experience rather than whatever idiots decide to register a username.