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US Attorney Goes After Propaganda Mill Wikipedia

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Posted By: chagrined, 4/27/2025 12:35:36 PM

US Attorney Ed Martin is one of the highlights of this administration. Currently, he is pursuing the propaganda vehicle known as Wikipedia. It is propaganda for the far left and foreign enemies. In the letter below, Martin states that Wikipedia, which operates via its fiscal sponsor, the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., is engaging in activities that violate Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26. As a nonprofit, it has obligations and fiduciary duties consistent with its tax-exempt status. Additionally, the public has a reasonable expectation of neutrality, transparency, and accountability.

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This is a long time in coming and about time! Wikipedia is one of the worst propaganda vehicles online. Even if Wikipedia is brought to heal, online searches are front loaded with far left extremist garbage. The particular search engine being used does not seem to matter, so there's a long way to go.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: hershey 4/27/2025 2:24:02 PM (No. 1941074)
Haven't use Wikipedia for a long time...there are many other search engines that aren't run by leftists...hope they go down the tubes...
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 4/27/2025 2:36:15 PM (No. 1941084)
Sounds like a good move. You can be certain that ANY Wikipedia entry with the slightest connection to current events or politics is very, very warped to the left.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: chagrined 4/27/2025 3:51:34 PM (No. 1941122)
Also poster #2, they love to warp history. If you look up enough things you'll see historical distortions galore. "Academic types" and sites like Wikipedia are leading the charge to get Americans to hate their own country.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Zigrid 4/28/2025 10:03:02 AM (No. 1941566)
I'm from the old school and I research my information very carefully...like in the old days when you went to the nearest library and sought out three or four books...to get a clear perspective on any topic....the new generation wants everything at it's fingertips...handed to them with a social spin as to how to think and act...BUT... the new generation coming up seems to see it differently...was it covid 19 lockdown?....could be the democrats stepped in another pile....
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Reply 5 - Posted by: NotaBene 4/28/2025 10:31:53 AM (No. 1941602)
Wikipedia is very virulent in LGBTQDEI defamations.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: WWIIDaughter 4/28/2025 11:23:15 AM (No. 1941655)
The hit job they did on Dr. Peter McCullough is one of the most egregious out of the truly outrageous lies Wiki has spread about Covid and those courageous people who have fought back against the medico-pharma Swamp.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Krause 4/28/2025 12:21:14 PM (No. 1941694)
It’s extremely obvious when the lefty weasels have made their changes. That’s when I sign off. These people are so below me. And I’m no peach!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: asparagus 4/28/2025 12:33:17 PM (No. 1941704)
There are persistent claims that many, maybe 1000s, of Wikipedia editors, that are actually funded by the CIA through various NGOs and government agencies including USAID.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: LadyHen 4/28/2025 3:10:59 PM (No. 1941794)
Nothing on Wikipedia is really safe. Those of us who actually earned an education from books know when Wiki is WOKE bs'ing us but the young people don't. Those who write and edit the entries should have to publish who they are and their credentials, not simply their sources (if they even have any).
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Rumblehog 4/28/2025 6:30:11 PM (No. 1941912)
Wikipedia is good for many things, but definitely NOT for politics, or anything else Demonrats have politicized, such as medical science, Christianity, American history, etc.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: greggojo 4/28/2025 7:59:19 PM (No. 1941956)
Thank goodness. I stopped contributing to them years ago, when I discovered their CEO was taking a hefty salary. What had started as an honest, bias free more or less volunteer service had turned into big business, but was still asking for contributions. And then it became woke.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Safari Man 4/28/2025 10:45:06 PM (No. 1942057)
Many years ago they allowed anyone to make edits. There was an article about the Rodney King riots and part of the article had a list of notable quotes. I added a quote from Maxine Waters "No justice, no peace" and it was immediately removed. Why? they said that everyone was saying that. Ok, but she LEAD the chant with a megaphone and they were silent about her role. It as just one of many ways she helped incite the violence and riots. Wikipedia censored people who contributed to an accurate accounting of the chaos.
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