-By Warner Todd Huston
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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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men’s News Daily and the New Media Alliance among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston