Twisting History

Wickedpedias

In moments of serious reflection I wonder if I might better fight for Truth, Justice and The American Way by focusing on editing Wikipedia. I don't mean mischievously. I mean making an honest attempt to square whatever I was working on with unbiased fact. Others, I see, have the same idea; some without any sense of, or appreciation for history. This week we learned, for instance, that ... “ Someone using a computer owned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called right-wing talk-show host Rush Limbaugh "idiotic," a "racist" and a "bigot," and said of his listeners: "Most of them are legally retarded." [Wikipedia reliability questioned] ” So, yeah, Wikipedia is no different than text books that regularly slant, spin and twist history to conform to an ideology . A history teacher forced to use, say, a Howard Zinn tome has to live with it. No editing allowed. Science, economics, literature -- all are subject to manipulation by "scholars" with an agenda. At least Wikipedia entries can be policed and changed. Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith just launched an unofficial Wikipedia search tool to "out" self-serving historical adjustments. A quick perusal of the list appears to be just as self serving, and leftist motivated. Is it wrong, for example, for a Halliburton employee to edit a falsehood that's unsupported by document or fact? Of course not, but it will send nut roots into spasmodic outrage, just as Fox News does when it questions liberal scripture. Wikipedia, then, is a useful tool if you bear in mind that, like everything else, there are ratbastardcommieliberals out there who can't handle the truth, and will change it.