Monday, January 30, 2006
Downie Has Staff Edit Wikipedia Entry
The staff of Rep. Marty Meehan, Downie of Massachusetts, was ordered to change and delete information from Meehan's bio on Wikipedia. We here at Joobo have had run-ins with Wikipedia, a far-left anti-Semitic website which caters to nuts and fruits.
But this is just plain wrong. Plain wrong.
Rewriting history under the dome
How long before the Left edits the entry on Bill Clinton, making it look like he was a victim instead a lying, perjuring rapist?
The staff of Rep. Marty Meehan, Downie of Massachusetts, was ordered to change and delete information from Meehan's bio on Wikipedia. We here at Joobo have had run-ins with Wikipedia, a far-left anti-Semitic website which caters to nuts and fruits.
But this is just plain wrong. Plain wrong.
Rewriting history under the dome
WASHINGTON -- The staff of U.S. Rep Marty Meehan wiped out references to his broken term-limits pledge as well as information about his huge campaign war chest in an independent biography of the Lowell Democrat on a Web site that bills itself as the "world's largest encyclopedia," The Sun has learned.
The Meehan alterations on Wikipedia.com represent just two of more than 1,000 changes made by congressional staffers at the U.S. House of Representatives in the past six month. Wikipedia is a global reference that relies on its Internet users to add credible information to entries on millions of topics.
Matt Vogel, Meehan's chief of staff, said he authorized an intern in July to replace existing Wikipedia content with a staff-written biography of the lawmaker.
The change deleted a reference to Meehan's campaign promise to surrender his seat after serving eight years, a pledge Meehan later eschewed. It also deleted a reference to the size of Meehan's campaign account, the largest of any House member at $4.8 million, according to the latest data available from the Federal Election Commission.
"Meehan first ran for Congress in 1992 on a platform of reform," the pre-edited entry said. "As part of that platform Meehan made a pledge to not serve more than four terms, a central part of his campaign. This breaking of the pledge has been a controversial issue in the 5th Congressional District of Massachusetts."
The new entry reads in part: "Meehan was elected to Congress in 1992 on a plan to eliminate the deficit. His fiscally responsible voting record since then has earned him praise from citizen watchdog groups. He was re-elected by a large margin in 2004."
How long before the Left edits the entry on Bill Clinton, making it look like he was a victim instead a lying, perjuring rapist?
