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Congress Made Wikipedia Changes

Posted by samzenpus on from the revisionist-history dept.

Dr Occult writes "BBC news is reporting misuse of Wikipedia by politicians for 'polishing' their images. The article on President Bush has been altered so many times - not just from within Congress - that Wikipedia's volunteer monitors have had to block further 'editing'." From the article: "Wikipedia says the controversy raises questions about whether it is ethical for those with a vested interest in the subject to edit entries about it. It said the Congressional computer network has been blocked from editing for brief periods on a number of occasions in the last six months due to the inappropriate contributions."

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  1. Don't act suprised. by Sj0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't act suprised. This is the same government that thinks that Video News Releases and staged "town hall meetings" which are actually just long Republican infomercians are a part of a healthy democracy.

    Frankly, the more the world watches, the more the US resembles some third world soviet banana republic.

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    It's been a long time.