Difference between revisions of "2019.03.26 Wikipedia editors take money to alter stories"
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| − | The facade that Wikipedia is non-partisan is crushed when their editors get caught altering the tone for cash. (Pay-for-whitewash). Of course this comes to a surprise to noone who has ever tried to edit a wikipedia page only to run headlong into one of their editors hypocritical double-standards on what qualifies as worthy. But it's another drop of paint on the mural that makes up their brand. | + | The facade that Wikipedia is non-partisan is crushed when their editors (like Ed Sussman) get caught altering the tone/content for cash. (Pay-for-whitewash). And the list of payers is a whose who of leftist organizations: Facebook, NBC, Nextdoor, Axios, CNN, Intel, |
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| + | Of course this comes to a surprise to noone who has ever tried to edit a wikipedia page only to run headlong into one of their editors hypocritical double-standards on what qualifies as worthy. But it's another drop of paint on the mural that makes up their brand. | ||
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| + | * https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/wikipedia-paid-editing-pr-facebook-nbc-axios_n_5c63321be4b03de942967225 | ||
| + | * http://whitehatwiki.com/about/ | ||
* https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/03/26/wikipedia-editors-paid-to-protect-political-tech-and-media-figures/ | * https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/03/26/wikipedia-editors-paid-to-protect-political-tech-and-media-figures/ | ||
| − | * https://www. | + | * https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/03/18/report-facebook-nbc-axios-paid-for-flattering-wikipedia-pages/ |
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[[Category:Wikipedia]] [[Category:New]] | [[Category:Wikipedia]] [[Category:New]] | ||
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Revision as of 12:53, 26 March 2019
The facade that Wikipedia is non-partisan is crushed when their editors (like Ed Sussman) get caught altering the tone/content for cash. (Pay-for-whitewash). And the list of payers is a whose who of leftist organizations: Facebook, NBC, Nextdoor, Axios, CNN, Intel,
Of course this comes to a surprise to noone who has ever tried to edit a wikipedia page only to run headlong into one of their editors hypocritical double-standards on what qualifies as worthy. But it's another drop of paint on the mural that makes up their brand.
