Democrats Use Fake Wikipedia To Attack McCain
By Warner Todd Huston Posted in 2008 — Comments (4) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Wikipedia imagines itself as the voice of the people, a voice that ultimately will find truth restored to public information and education. One wonders how the creators of Wikipedia would take the misuse of their signature idea when partisan political parties make a fake "Wiki" solely to attack their political opponent? This is exactly what the Democrat Party has done with a fake Wiki created to act as an attack platform against John McCain. Worse, this effort isn't even a real Wiki because the pages cannot be altered by registrants like a true Wiki can.
Many are already aware of the bashing that the official and original creation of Wikipedia has taken from many quarters. Wikiepedia, the "biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet," can be altered by any registered visitor and is supposed to dynamically represent the combined knowledge of many millions of people instead of the canned scholarship of a select few. Unfortunately, the fact that it is so easily alterable by just anyone who happens upon the site, the veracity of the entries can be highly suspect. But, in essence, it is supposed to offer the possibility that truth will out in the long run.
Naturally, the Democrat Party "Wiki" has such untruths as making the claim that "McCain Said US May Stay In Iraq For 100 Years," making it seem as if McCain was advocating for war in Iraq to continue for 100 years, so with that sort of "truth" presented, it won't be much to expect facts to be included in this "Wiki."
Still, the usage of the Wikipedia idea to act specifically to present propaganda is quite a slap in the face to those who created Wikipedia, isn't it? But, perhaps they won't mind if the propaganda site fits their OWN political bent, eh? After all, for most leftists, the ends always justify the means. Morality is fungible.
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One place to systematically bash an opponent? Republican Party leaders had better wise up. Instead of being weak va-jay-jays, our (well my anyway) leaders had better be prepared to play offense on this important election.
MelZ
"First you win the argument, then you win the vote." - MARGARET THATCHER.
So let's start winning the argument.
One of the failings of the internet is that a literate, even-handed, and academic online encyclopedia has not developed. Wikipedia is sloppy, liberal, and in many cases, based on hearsay with no legitimate citations.
"Be intolerant. Because some things are just stupid"
- Ryan Dobson
That was what I got when I went to the view source function.
Hmm seems some wiki users are more equal than others.
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