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Wikipedia Entries 'Cleaned' By Political Staffers

worb writes "According to the Lowell Sun, U.S. Rep Marty Meehan's staff has been heavily editing his Wikipedia bio, among other things removing criticisms. In total, more than one thousand Wikipedia edits in various articles have been traced back to congressional staffers at the U.S. House of Representatives in the past six months."

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  1. Those damn Republicans, always censoring the truth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh wait... he's a Democrat.

  2. Re:Those damn Republicans, always censoring the tr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Bush lied, Cindy cried. On cue." Oh wait. "Teddy Kennedy was laughing and joshing with his friends before donning the neck brace and going before the cameras near Chappaquiddick pond." No, waitaminnit I'll get this right: "Dick American-soldiers-are-Nazis Durbin said that he is too a good Christian, just as he was yelling 'Pull!' and blazing away at the suddenly soaring frozen embryo."

    Fucking Democrats.

  3. Re:Democrats, Republicans: the same thing! by ortcutt · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hmm. Ron Paul stands for the people of America? He supports the reintroduction of the gold standard for christ sake. If you love Ron Paul, that's great, but don't pretend like you speak for the American people generally.

  4. Re:Wikipedians expose the "congressional edits" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What fucking law is there against editing a page on a site that allows public edits? And if there is a law against it, a cocksucker like yourself probably has violated it many time. Turn yourself in to the local authorities, you fucking ass-cunt.

  5. Re:Democrats, Republicans: the same thing! by hchaput · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Democrats and Republicans are basically the same today. The Republicans don't represent conservatives, and the Democrats don't represent liberals. They represent the various corporations and industries of America, or the best interests of foreign nations.

    Please, Mr. Nader, if you can't stay calm we'll have to put you back in your room. Now take your medicine like a good boy.

  6. Sanitized Bios by bigpicture · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It is a sad state of affairs, when you just know that anything contributed by elected representatives of the people, will not give a different insight into politics, just more disinformation (lies) and spin.

  7. Good to know... by Nice2Cats · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...that my tax money is supporting literature, not going to something questionable like nuclear weapons or new torture cells in Guantanamo...

  8. Re:Shades of Meaning by NitsujTPU · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, if you were eligible for welfare, but believed that welfare is too lenient... perhaps the restrictions should be such that they place you just outside their reach. Would you collect the check anyway?