US CONGRESS CAUGHT MAKING FALSE ENTRIES IN WIKIPEDIA January 30, 2006 Posted by Declan McCullagh We already know, of course, that politicians live primarily for re-election and typically view the truth as an impediment to the higher purpose of unfettered self-aggrandizement. Still, we can be excused for feeling mildly nauseated when fresh confirmation of this distasteful aspect of modern politicking surfaces. The latest episode appeared last week in the form of a report that aides to Rep. Marty Meehan, a Massachusetts Democrat, deleted references to his broken term-limits pledge and massive campaign war chest on Wikipedia. Then the trusty editors at Wikipedia got together and compiled a list of over 1,000 edits made by Internet addresses allocated to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The IP address subsequently was blocked and unblocked. An extensive analysis reveals how juvenile official Washington secretly is, behind the mind-numbingly serious talk of public policy. One edit listed White House press secretary Scott McClellan under the entry for "douche." Another said of Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma) that: "Coburn was voted the most annoying Senator by his peers in Congress. This was due to Senator Coburn being a huge douche-bag." (Keep in mind these are the same holier-than-thou political climbers tasked with writing laws telling the rest of the country how to behave. Or else.) This juvenalia is, of course, thoroughly bipartisan. Another change to the Iraq invasion entry shows that the anonymous congressional editor played up the dubious connections between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. It's true, of course, that the cretins who are behind the Wikipedia alterations can (and probably will) do this from their home computers in the future. But the difficulty in policing the political class shouldn't make us any less alarmed at the most recent evidence of its misdeeds. http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6033082.html http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=536
While this is somewhat interesting, the suggestion seems to be that these edits were made by elected representatives. I sincerely doubt that. As it says, the activity seems juvenile. The odds are pretty high that most likely IS the case - that it was done by interns - just punk kids. Nothing to really be concerned about at all.
"One edit listed White House press secretary Scott McClellan under the entry for "douche." " But that's totally true.
Wikipedia is that a city in hawaii, i know the locals there want to be free of american rule, could this be the reason.
