Fox vs. Wikipedia

The Wikipedia Foundation uses a piece of software called the Wikipedia Scanner to identify IP addresses and cross-reference them with data on which block of IP addresses are owned by what company, thus revealing some of the edits origins. Here are some recent interesting findings.
I recently found out that an IP address traced back to a Fox News computer was used to make a number of interesting changes to Wikipedia. For a full list click here. Here are a few interesting interesting tid-bits:
Changes Made to entry "Keith Olbermann"
Some conservatives feel that Olbermann's reporting carries a liberal bias.
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Conservatives feel that Olbermann's reporting carries a liberal bias.
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This move was widely ciritcized by the the media and the blogosphere and Olbermann was attacked for making the death of news icon Peter Jennings about himself.
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O'Reilly's show, "[[The O'Reilly Factor]]", airs on the Fox News Channel at the same time as Olbermann's show on MSNBC, garnering ratings six times higher than Olbermann's.
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O'Reilly's show, "[[The O'Reilly Factor]]", airs on the Fox News Channel at the same time as Olbermann's show on MSNBC, garnering ratings ten times higher than Olbermann's.
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Ultimately, Olbermann's dissatisfaction with Bristol contributed to his departure from ESPN in 1997. Even several years after his departure, many people still consider Olbermann to be one of the best anchors that SportsCenter ever had, and his pairing with Dan Patrick the best tandem ever.
In high school, Olbermann compiled an extensive list of first and third base coaches in baseball history. This documentation now sits in the Hall of Fame, and is considered the definitive compendium of first and third base coaches in baseball history.
… mocking O'Reilly's purported fetish for loofah sponges, as alleged in a sexual harrassment suit against O'Reilly.
According to Dash Riprock of americanpolitics.com, Olbermann "tells the truth, and he does it in a sharp, subtlety stated, but unmistakable style. It's sad to realize that it is truly such an oddity these days to see someone with those qualities on TV." [http://www.americanpolitics.com/20030401punditpap.html]
Changes To: "CARL CAMERON"
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Cameron has been criticized as being a partisan Republican in his reporting, often interjecting subjective labels on Democrats in order to attack them. In one segment, for example, Cameron attacked three separate Democrats in a time period of only fifteen seconds, deaming them variously, "fairly typical liberal partisan", "Angry liberal," and "extremist"[http://mediamatters.org/items/200501130003].
== Journalistic Fraud ==
Media watchdog groups have documented a number of occassions in which Carl Cameron has fabricated statements by Democratic politicians, seemingly to boost their Republican opponents. Among other quotes, Cameron once claimed that John Kerry labeled [[George W. Bush]] a "warmonger" who intended to create "perpetual war" around the world - no such instance of that criticism ever occurred. In another instance, Cameron fabricated an interview with Kerry in which Kerry referred to Bush as a "Cowboy" and spoke feminently about getting his "nails done", a more open attempt to humiliate and belittle Kerry, for which Fox News eventually apologized for.[http://mediamatters.org/items/200410040006][http://mediamatters.org/items/200409210009].
Changes made to "Brit Hume"
…with the criticism led by [[Media Matters for America]], an organization that critiques the press in search of conservative bias and bloopers.
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…with the criticism led by [[Media Matters for America]], an liberal organization that critiques the press in search of conservative bias and bloopers.
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Many groups and commentators, including [[Media Matters for America]], and liberal broadcasters [[Al Franken]], and [[Keith Olbermann]], have claimed that Hume distorted Roosevelt's views.
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Many groups and commentators, including [[Media Matters for America]], and liberal broadcasters [[Al Franken]], and [[Keith Olbermann]], have claimed that Hume distorted Roosevelt's views in an attempt to ride Mr. Hume's coat tails in the ratings race as Mr. Hume hosts the highest rated political program on cable television.

Changes to "AL FRANKEN"
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The lawsuit focused a great deal of media attention upon Franken's book and greatly enhanced its sales. Reflecting later on the lawsuit during an interview on the [[National Public Radio]] program "[[Fresh Air]]" on [[September 3]], [[2003]], Franken said that Fox's case against him was "literally laughed out of court" and that "wholly (holy) without merit" is a good characterization of Fox News itself.
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The lawsuit focused a great deal of media attention upon Franken's book and greatly enhanced its sales. Reflecting later on the lawsuit during an interview on the liberal [[National Public Radio]] program "[[Fresh Air]]" on [[September 3]], [[2003]], Franken said that Fox's case against him was the best thing to happen to his book sales.

Here are a few more interesting findings from Wikipedia Scanner:
CIA has edited articles about the President of Iran.
The Vatican has removed content from articles about Gerry Adams, the leader the Irish Republican party, Sinn Fein.
Diebold, the company that delivers the electronic voting system for elections, has edited articles about the company, its controversial technology and its ties to the Republican Party.
Wal-Mart has wisely left consumer criticism in an article about the franchise giant, but made minor edits and additions about its employee policies.