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Current Events => Political Ammunition => Topic started by: Chris_ on March 09, 2009, 11:21:45 AM
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Wikipedia scrubs Obama eligibility
Wikipedia, the online "free encyclopedia" mega-site written and edited entirely by its users, has been deleting within minutes any mention of eligibility issues surrounding Barack Obama's presidency, with administrators kicking off anyone who writes about the subject, WND has learned.
A perusal through Obama's current Wikipedia entry finds a heavily guarded, mostly glowing biography about the U.S. president. Some of Obama's most controversial past affiliations, including with Rev. Jeremiah Wright and former Weathermen terrorist Bill Ayers, are not once mentioned, even though those associations received much news media attention and served as dominant themes during the presidential elections last year.
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"There have been some doubts about whether Obama was born in the U.S. after the politician refused to release to the public a carbon copy of his birth certificate and amid claims from his relatives he may have been born in Kenya. Numerous lawsuits have been filed petitioning Obama to release his birth certificate, but most suits have been thrown out by the courts."
As is required on the online encyclopedia, that entry was backed up by third-party media articles, citing the Chicago Tribune and WorldNetDaily.com
The entry was posted on Feb. 24, at 6:16 p.m. EST. Just three minutes later, the entry was removed by a Wikipedia administrator, claiming the posting violated the websites rules against "fringe" material.
Thou shalt not speak against Teh 0ne. :whatever:
MORE (http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91114)
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Just wait, school history books will not include that bit, but they'll probably cover the "Bush was AWOL" bit.
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There's more...
Obama's Wikipedia Page Distances President From Wright and Ayers
Critics noted over the weekend that President Obama's page on the free online encyclopedia had been edited to remove any mention of his links to former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, and to allow only a brief citation of his connection to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright — though pages for Ayers and Wright are heavily peppered with references to the president, including subsections on both pages that detail their past affiliations with him.
The lone mention of Wright on Obama's page appears in a section on his family and personal life; it says the president left Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ in May 2008 after "controversial statements made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright became public," citing an Associated Press article.
Obama's controversial relationships with both men have two extensive independent Wikipedia pages: "Bill Ayers presidential election controversy" and "Jeremiah Wright controversy." The associations, however, are largely downplayed or ignored altogether in Obama's main Wikipedia entry.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,507244,00.html
That's not the Wikipedia I knew. Oh, wait... yes it is.
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Wait, what did Wiki claim?
the posting violated the websites rules against "fringe" material.
Well, no shit! So why do they still have:
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_%22domestic_complicity%22_theories)
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground)
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati)
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocon)
Just a small sampling for your perusal.
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Wikipedia is the last place I would put any credibility in. Save only tech and pop culture stuff.
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Wait, what did Wiki claim?
Well, no shit! So why do they still have:
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_%22domestic_complicity%22_theories)
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Underground)
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati)
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocon)
Just a small sampling for your perusal.
Don't forget about Dominionism. That's probably even more fringe than the 9/11 kooks.