Wikipedia updates

The Guardian is reporting that the CIA, the Vatican and Fox News, among other organizations, are "correcting" key entries in Wikipedia.

The Vatican is editing entries on Catholic saints and Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, while Fox News is revising reporter entries, including Shepard Smith who said "blowjob" on the air (but not according to Wikipedia - at least not any more).

The Republican and Democratic party, as well as those pesky Brits from the Labour party, have been changing entries to favor their views, too. Not to mention Diebold. Wikipedia Scanner, which is tracking all these changes, said that Diebold has made huge alterations to entries about its involvement in the controversial "hanging chad" election in the US in 2000. The company was criticised in the wake of the disputed results, but edits made by its employees on Wikipedia have included the removal of 15 paragraphs detailing the allegations.

So what has been the CIA been doing, apart from covering the JFK assassination, the fake moon landings, Area 51 and Elvis' exile to a secret island in the middle of the Pacific? Well, they have been editing the entries of Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. However, they biggest contribution seems to be Jedis: A surfer using a CIA address also took the time to add extensive sections on lightsabre combat in the Star Wars movies.

[The Guardian]