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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

New York Times Editing WSJ's Wiki?

Pretty sure this is correct. Why would the New York Times be editing the Wall Street Journal's wiki? Hmm ...? From this search result - to this:

Before: The position of the editorial opinion and op-ed sections is typically [[conservative]], although former news editor [[Al Hunt]] has a weekly column in which he expresses views opposed to those of the editorial board, and space will be given on occasion to pieces by [[liberal]] writers such as [[Arthur Schlesinger]] or [[Christopher Hitchens]]. The editorial page commonly publishes pieces by prominent U.S. and world leaders such as [[Russia]]n president [[Vladimir Putin]], U.S. [[Supreme Court]] Justice [[Antonin Scalia]], and [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Kerry]]. The ''Journal'' won its first two Pulitzer Prizes for its editorial writing, in [[1947]] and [[1953]]. The ''Journal'' describes the history of its editorials thus:

After: The position of the editorial opinion and op-ed sections is typically [[conservative]]. The editorial page commonly publishes pieces by U.S. and world leaders in government, politics and business. The ''Journal'' won its first two Pulitzer Prizes for its editorial writing, in [[1947]] and [[1953]]. The ''Journal'' describes the history of its editorials thus:

Charles has another NYT's change.

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I think I have an idea who it is. Apparently there was these edits that got my attention
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=24692193
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=20862422

We could assume this is Nick Bilton of the New York Times doing this.

The NY Times user has been warned and threatened many times to stop the vandalism, as recently as December 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:199.181.174.146


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