WorldNetDaily manufactures a controversy (HuffPo)

[struggle4progress]

Terry Krepel
ConWebWatch.com founder and editor, Media Matters senior web editor
Posted March 9, 2009 | 09:49 PM (EST)

A March 8 WorldNetDaily article by Aaron Klein asserts that Wikipedia editors "has been deleting within minutes any mention of eligibility issues surrounding Barack Obama's presidency, with administrators kicking off anyone who writes about the subject" -- curiously failing to mention that Wikipedia has an entire page dedicated to Obama citizenship conspiracies. Klein related the experience of "Wikipedia user 'Jerusalem21'" in trying to add the information to Obama's page.

What you won't learn from Klein's article: "Jerusalem21" may very well be Klein himself.

As the posting history of "Jerusalem21" demonstrates, the only other Wikipedia article "Jerusalem21" has ever edited as of this writing is the one on ... Aaron Klein. Indeed, "Jerusalem21" created the article on Klein and added numerous links and pictures. This alone strongly suggests that "Jerusalem21" is either Klein or someone close to him acting on his behalf, if not his direction ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-krepel/worldnetdaily-manufacture_b_173326.html

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. LOL. Freepers.

[Gman]

2. How bumbling and stupid

[Jim Lane]

3. These issues have been discussed extensively on the Wikipedia talk pages

There is no Liberal Cabal that controls the articles. (In fact, Wikipedia editors who try to add information from non-MSM sources like Media Matters for America often find their edits reverted, while the Wall Street Journal and similar organs of the kleptocracy are accepted without question.) Most editors think that the fringe theories about Obama's eligibility aren't important enough to include in his main bio.

As the linked HuffPo story notes -- and as Klein and WorldnetDaily don't note -- Wikipedia has a separate article devoted solely to the birthers' theories, accusations, and lawsuits. An editor who tried to delete that article, on the ground that it was "pandering to the tinfoil hats", . There was a consensus in the community that the subject deserved an article. It just didn't deserve to clutter up Obama's main bio.