Politics of Information

When politicians get a free hand at editing information freely and widely available; trusted; and in some cases, relied upon -- you can expect the lowest common denominator to rule the day. The lowest of the low in this case, is the self-interest of the politicians involved. The Lowell Sun is reporting on the abuse of Wikipedia by politicians riding the information superhighway from government offices. There are cases where politicians aides are modifying biographical entries to paint a rosy picture of their candidates; or where the entries of rivals are tarnished. As the facts and truth are abused by those entrusted with the public's interest, democracy and the public -- that's you -- suffer the consequences. It just goes to show you -- where you are concerned, they just don't give a shit.

Update Jan. 31/06
It appears that Wikipedia has had enough of the US Congress, and is seeking to ban their IP range from updating Wikipedia. Great idea in my opinion!

Comments

  1. Amal12:50 p.m., February 02, 2006

    :) LMAO, I hope they suceed. Government should only really have so much power.

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