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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."
According to the Lowell Sun, U.S. Rep Marty Meehan's staff has been heavily editing his Wikipedia bio...
But, since Meehan is a Democrat, expect this to get absolutely no mention in any news outlet. Nor will there be any huge outrage on Daily Kos, Slashdot, or any other website with a decidedly large portion of liberal-leaning (and thus Democrat-leaning) users. On the other hand, had Meehan been a Republican, there would be no end to diatribes condemning this as an assault against Free Speech, a symptom of the corruption of the Republican Nazis, part of the grand imperial planning of Emperor Bush, usual liberal ranting, etc. etc.
Go ahead and mod me down for saying this, but everyone knows this is the is the absolute truth. Democrats get a free pass for this kind of behavior, but Republicans get called everything but a child of God for the same kind of actions.
Disclaimer: I'm a card-carrying Libertarian, not a Republican, so take your conspiracy theories elsewhere. I call 'em as I see 'em.
In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This wikipedia news, along with the PATRIOT ACT makes Orwell's 1984 a reality, unfortunately.