Wikipedia/Burying CNN Blackmail Controversy (2017)

ℹ️Wikipedia/Burying CNN Blackmail Controversy (2017)
By :	Aristotle Sabouni
Created :	2019-03-26

1Liner  :  There was a page created on CNN’s blackmail controversy (where CNN threatened to dox someone).

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Summary  :  There was a page created on CNN’s blackmail controversy (where CNN threatened to dox someone). Other editors stepped in, and buried the lede and much of the factual content, not because of standards, but because it made CNN look bad (by telling the truth). Efforts to restore the material were met with a wall of double standards or outright censorship.

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• https://extranewsfeed.com/cnn-blackmail-controversy-buried-on-wikipedia-with-help-of-partisan-editors-95c70394a310
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:CNN_controversies#Proposed_merge_with_CNN_blackmail_controversy
• Trimmed key content: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&type=revision&diff=789312962&oldid=789299861
• Like Kathy Griffin's firing from CNN had nothing to do with CNN: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=793545762&oldid=793510921
• Or censoring the James O’Keefe’s video series on CNN that exposed uncomfortable truths by their own editors/producers: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=791352493&oldid=791349218
• Or censored references to other Wikipedia articles that pointed out some of CNN's other bad behavior (wikipedia doesn't believe wikipedia is a reliable source?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/CNN_2017_undercover_videos_controversy
• Vox Popoli blog mentioned the problem:
  • http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/01/wikipedia-buries-cnn-scandal.html?m=1
  • An editor tried to restore the censored material: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=818457705&oldid=816803843
  • And it was reverted immediately back to the censored version: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNN_controversies&diff=818463170&oldid=818457705
• https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2017/07/04/cnn-blackmails-source-donald-trump-wrestling-video/