Wikipedia becomes liberal mainstream media

by Eugene on March 9, 2009

in Media

Is there a White House staff member who monitors the President’s Wikipedia entry 24×7? WND reports that attempts to insert questions about his eligibility and factual information about the President such as his relationships with domestic terrorist William Ayers and controversial pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright have been almost instantly scrubbed and in some instances, the poster being banned by Wikipedia:

When the user “Jerusalem21″ tried to repost the entry about Obama’s eligibility a second time, another administrator removed the material within two minutes and then banned the Wikipedia user from posting anything on the website for three days.

Wikipedia administrators have the ability to kick off users if the administrator believes the user violated the website’s rules.

Over the last month, WND has monitored several other attempts to add eligibility issues to Obama’s Wikipedia page. In every attempt monitored, the information was deleted within minutes and the user who posted the material was barred from the website for three days.

What about Ayers and Wright? No mention of them in the entry:

The entire Wikipedia entry on Obama seems to be heavily promotional toward the U.S. president. It contains nearly no criticism or controversy, including appropriate mention of important issues where relevant.

For example, the current paragraph on Obama’s religion contains no mention of Wright, even though Obama’s association with the controversial pastor was one of the most talked about issues during the presidential campaign.

That paragraph states: “Obama explained how, through working with black churches as a community organizer while in his twenties, he came to understand ‘the power of the African-American religious tradition to spur social change.’ He was baptized at the Trinity United Church of Christ in 1988 and was an active member there for two decades.”

Ayers is also not mentioned, even where relevant.

Blatant censorship, even if by other Wikipedia volunteer users. Wikipedia has now lost its credibility and officially is a tool for the liberal mainstream media.

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