Who Edited Sarah Palin's Wikipedia Entry?

Check out this story on NPR about Sarah Palin's Wikipedia article. Someone made lots of changes to it—all the changes being favorable to her. What is really interesting is that the changes were made ONE DAY BEFORE McCain announcer her as his VP candidate.


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94118849


There are only two possibilities to account for this.

1) Palin, or someone from the McCain camp made the changes on Wikipedia to make her look good. They did this knowing that few people outside of Alaska knew anything about her. Her Wikipedia article could be expected to get millions once McCain announced his selection. The edits were made with the intention of making a good impression on those who were just learning about her.
2) News of McCain's choice leaked to someone who wanted to make her look bad. Is it possible that the Democrats have a mole placed in McCain headquarters? If so, the mole could have made the changes, knowing that the changes would be discovered and that voters would assume that Palin or someone within the McCain camp did it in order to make her look good. Of course, Palin would look really bad if the voters thought she, or someone within the McCain camp were behind the edits.

Either way, this is a story that is worth watching. McCain is 72 years old, and it is very possible that he may not be able to serve out his term. There are already plenty of reasons to believe that Palin is not qualified to be President.

http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/ms-alaska/



Lots of commentary on Daily Kos:

http://dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/21034/4861/159/579549

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[sheehantd]

ummmm..... (@__@)

[themaskedanalyst]

That is very possible. And if she can't control the actions of her son--if she hadn't instilled a sense of right and wrong in her son, one wonders how she will control her staff, much less her country.

And I find it very hard to believe that most people wouldn't be aware of conflict of interest issues. It just seems SO intuitively obvious.

[themaskedanalyst]

It is a valid place to start one's research, but only a fool would use it as the exclusive source for determining anything important. In any case, you miss the point. Whether you like it or not, millions of people would go to Palin's Wiki page after learning of her nomination. *Someone* puffed her article to make her look better. If it was Palin or someone close to her it would be a sign of sleaziness to mislead people of her quoalifications.

[themaskedanalyst]

I really don't believe the Democrats are behind this. Occam's razor suggests that is not the case.  But I just wanted to be thorough by raising all the possibilities.

[themaskedanalyst]

Actually, who McCain chooses as VP is a major issue. It reflects on his judgment and it is the first taste of the caliber of individuals he may choose for his cabinet.

This does not inspire confidence in McCain.

[themaskedanalyst]

But not just any moderator would know that Palin would get the GOP VP nomination THE DAY BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED!!!

[themaskedanalyst]

Actually, Palin makes Dan Quayle look well-qualified by comparison! That's pathetic.

I am now strongly leaning against McCain because of this choice. If the election were held today, I would vote for Obama. But I see no reason to finally make up my mind until I go into the voting booth. If Obama says or does something really stupid before then, then I retain the right to change my mind.

[themaskedanalyst]

And if the Republicans think there is a Democratic mole in their operations, then I think we will be hearing stories of a mole hunt. Though it is hardly proof, if I don't hear of anyone in the Republican party blaming a mole over this, then this MAY indicate that it was indeed someone in the McCain camp who altered the Wiki.

[themaskedanalyst]

We probably will never find out unless the perpetrator screws up. Of course, if a lawsuit developed over this, then the ISP could be subpoenaed for that info--but I can't possibly imagine anyone suing over this--and I have no idea who would have standing to sue over this.

But it will be interesting to watch how the Republicans react to this. If no one in the Republican camp changed the Wiki, then the Repbulicans should be very concerned about a mole in their operation.

[themaskedanalyst]

The more I learn of Palin, the less impressed I am. If this is any indication of the quality of people that McCain will choose for his cabinet, then this is a real cause for concern.