Online reference site Wikipedia blames US Congress staff for partisan changes to a number of political biographies.The article goes on to report that
Computers traced to Capitol Hill removed unpalatable facts from articles on senators, while other entries were "vandalised", the site said.
Wikipedia says the controversy raises questions about whether it is ethical for those with a vested interest in the subject to edit entries about it.On the other hand, the article cites Wikipedia as saying that "its investigation showed the vast majority of edits from Senate IPs were 'beneficial and helpful'."
I suppose there's some degree of transparency to the Wikipedia's articles if you're willing to go to the trouble of figuring out who made particular changes, as the Wikipedia folks did here.
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