Fox News Scrubs Wikipedia
References to Greta Van Sustren’s facelift are removed.
I’m just including a few choice items after the jump. Much rich stuff can be found in the original by Democrashield. –JS
Someone at Fox News has been spending a good amount of time on Wikipedia recently.
In fact, you can view all of their edits here.
So, what kind of changes has Fox been making?
On the Olbermann page, references to Bill O’Reilly’s sexual harassment lawsuit are scrubbed and the citation of O’Reilly’s ratings is increased.
On the page of Shepard Smith, a paragraph relating to his arrest in Florida for aggravated battery with a motor vehicle is scrubbed, as well as a paragraph about Smith’s gaffe when he used the word “blowjob” on air—they’re both here. In addition, the link to Smith’s mug shot is removed
On Al Franken’s page, in regards to his lawsuit against Bill O’Reilly, quotes criticizing the nonsensical nature of the suit are scrubbed
“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.”
Becomes
“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.”
