Apparently JDV isn't the only one who edits Wikipedia pages

[The Big Ragu]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6947532.stm

This isn't very surprising stuff... to me at least. IP addresses that match up to the CIA and the Vatican (among others) have edited various Wikipedia pages to shape opinion. This is what you get in a world in which perception is reality.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

So I guess I should stop editing random celebrities' deaths in to see if anyone falls for it?

 

[imjustagirl2]

JM J. BULLOCK DIED??


Oh, it's just Meat's editing. You *******.

 

[friend of a friend]

Hmm, better go check the Wikipedia entry on Brook Jacoby.

 

[crusoes]

Barbara Bush won the Heisman Trophy. That was my favorite.

 

[markvid]

Apparently, this week, as well (I'm trying to find a link to it), Bill O'Reilly's page was changed to eliminate any mention of his love for loofah. Shepard Smith's page was changed to eliminate the part where he ran over a reporter in 2000 over a parking space. Fox News Channel's page was changed to make their ratings much higher than actually is, and MSNBC's and CNN's much lower than actual numbers. Keith Olbermann's page was changed to make it as though he made fun of Peter Jennings' death. Someone decided to trace the IP of where the edits came from, as they all matched. Guess where it game from? No, really, one guess. C'mon, you can do it...













Yep, the NYC building that houses....drum roll, please....THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL!

Fair and balanced, my ass.

 

[slappy4428]

Apparently, this week, as well (I'm trying to find a link to it), Bill O'Reilly's page was changed to eliminate any mention of his love for loofah. Shepard Smith's page was changed to eliminate the part where he ran over a reporter in 2000 over a parking space. Fox News Channel's page was changed to make their ratings much higher than actually is, and MSNBC's and CNN's much lower than actual numbers. Keith Olbermann's page was changed to make it as though he made fun of Peter Jennings' death. Someone decided to trace the IP of where the edits came from, as they all matched. Guess where it game from? No, really, one guess. C'mon, you can do it...













Yep, the NYC building that houses....drum roll, please....THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL!

Fair and balanced, my ass.

Nice job... fair and balanced indeed.

And we're at war with Eastasia. We've always been at war with Eastasia.

 

[dreunc1542]

Apparently, this week, as well (I'm trying to find a link to it), Bill O'Reilly's page was changed to eliminate any mention of his love for loofah. Shepard Smith's page was changed to eliminate the part where he ran over a reporter in 2000 over a parking space. Fox News Channel's page was changed to make their ratings much higher than actually is, and MSNBC's and CNN's much lower than actual numbers. Keith Olbermann's page was changed to make it as though he made fun of Peter Jennings' death. Someone decided to trace the IP of where the edits came from, as they all matched. Guess where it game from? No, really, one guess. C'mon, you can do it...













Yep, the NYC building that houses....drum roll, please....THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL!

Fair and balanced, my ass.

And my second guess would have been Yawn.

 

[jimmymcd]

Wow, I can't seem to find any reference to this from any REAL news outlet (NYT, LAT, etc.). Only from BLOGS!

Why didn't you mention that the DNC got caught doing some guerilla editing of entries?

 

[Mystery_Meat]

My guess would have been the DNC, since someone there already has the tendency.

 

[markvid]

I'm still looking, actually.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Wow, I can't seem to find any reference to this from any REAL news outlet (NYT, LAT, etc.). Only from BLOGS!

Why didn't you mention that the DNC got caught doing some guerilla editing of entries?

It's in the original story I linked to. It said they edited Rush Limbaugh's page: "The changes brand Mr Limbaugh as "idiotic," a "racist", and a "bigot". An entry about his audience now reads: "Most of them are legally retarded." "

 

[markvid]

Also, someone at the NYT's been doing it, too.
This is a list of the pages changed by FNC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/12.167.224.228
Also, this is the complete list given by a tech company that specializes in looking for this kind of behavior...

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/14/fox-news-changes-wikipedia-to-smear-rivals-olbermann-and-franken-comprehensive-list-of-changes