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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Catalog of Fox News Wikipedia whitewashes

Following up on this morning's story about outing whitewashers on Wikipedia, Brian sez, "We went ahead and took a look at changes to Wikipedia allegedly made by the people from the Fox News offices - the changes originating from IP address 12.167.224.228. We've done the legwork of poring through all the edits and published a comprehensive list. An example of the changes:

From: "Many groups and commentators, including [[Media Matters for America]], and liberal broadcasters [[Al Franken]], and [[Keith Olbermann]], have claimed that Hume distorted Roosevelt's views."
To: "Many groups and commentators, including [[Media Matters for America]], and liberal broadcasters [[Al Franken]], and [[Keith Olbermann]], have claimed that Hume distorted Roosevelt's views in an attempt to ride Mr. Hume's coat tails in the ratings race as Mr. Hume hosts the highest rated political program on cable television."

Link (Thanks, Brian!)

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