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House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias

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152 points xqcgrek2 | 3 comments | 27 Aug 25 18:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 19:18 UTC] No.45043838[source]▶
This seems like just an attempt to change the news cycle, because there's no rule anywhere saying Wikipedia needs to be unbiased, any more than does Fox News or PragerU.
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ASalazarMX ◴[27 Aug 25 19:34 UTC] No.45044034[source]▶
Probably an attempt at capturing Wikipedia, in preparation for censorship or historic revisionism. I feel like a cosnpiracy theorist, but such things seem less implausible these days.
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tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 19:36 UTC] No.45044069[source]▶
How exactly is that supposed to work?
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mdhb ◴[27 Aug 25 20:11 UTC] No.45044554[source]▶
They are *already* retroactively rewriting reports and documents to align with the dear leaders brain farts.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250807-us-to-rewrite...

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1. tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 20:12 UTC] No.45044565{3}[source]▶
And? They can rewrite their own reports as much as they want. They don't get to rewrite Jacobin articles.
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2. mdhb ◴[27 Aug 25 20:26 UTC] No.45044736[source]▶
I’m just establishing that they have been in power for 5 minutes and haven’t hesitated to try and literally rewrite history already. You should expect them to continue to do so wherever they think they can get leverage.
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3. tptacek ◴[27 Aug 25 20:37 UTC] No.45044877[source]▶
Nothing I'm saying has anything whatsoever to do with thinking that the GOP is operating in good faith.