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What Wikipedia Won't Tell You

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Washington • The digital tsunami that swept over the Capitol last month, forcing Congress to set aside legislation to combat the online piracy of American music, movies, books and other creative works, raised questions about how the democratic process …

[EricBarbour]

a) I found this edit most amusing:

(cur | prev) 13:51, 22 May 2011‎ Doctorow (talk | contribs)‎ (3,829 bytes) (Removed inflammatory description of Sherman's critics, replaced with neutral language (BoycottRIAA is not a site advocating for piracy, it's a site advocating for copyright reform)) (undo)

(FYI: "Doctorow" is Cory Doctorow, sci-fi writer and blogger, and famed free-culture advocate, who loves to bitch about the RIAA.)

b) You see all the edits by one "Gunheim"? All he does lately is edit articles about the RIAA's leaders, Sherman and Mitch Bainwol.....and mostly to make them more negative.

So, the article has already been "vandalized".

(BTW, he's being mentored by TonyTheTiger...)

And there you have it. A perfect example of Wikipedia's house bias. In action.

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