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==Hunter Biden==
==Hunter Biden==
[[The Federalist]] revealed emails of [[Hunter Biden]] that he paid thousands of dollars to a public relations firm to scrub his Wikipedia page of several unflattering details about his personal life and business ties. The writer said extensive edits to Hunter Biden's Wikipedia page prove site's extreme bias.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/17/extensive-edits-to-hunter-bidens-wikipedia-page-prove-sites-extreme-bias/</ref>
[[The Federalist]] revealed emails of [[Hunter Biden]] that he paid thousands of dollars to a public relations firm to scrub his Wikipedia page of several unflattering details about his personal life and business ties. The writer said extensive edits to Hunter Biden's Wikipedia page prove site's extreme bias.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/17/extensive-edits-to-hunter-bidens-wikipedia-page-prove-sites-extreme-bias/</ref>
==Abdul El-Sayed==
[[File:Wikipedia whitewashing El Sayed ahead of elections.jpg|thumb|Wikipedia whitewashing El Sayed ahead of elections]]
Wikipedia whitewash: the same editor who softened communist group pages scrubbed abdul el-sayed’s controversies before. (2026) election.
Report<ref>{{cite news
|last=Calder
|first=Rich
|url=https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/us-news/michigan-senator-elect-abdul-el-sayeds-wikipedia-page-was-whitewashed-of-controversies-before-election-sources/
|title=Abdul El-Sayed’s Wikipedia page was whitewashed of controversies by mystery editor before election: sources
|work=New York Post]],
|date=November 7, 2026}}</ref>: [[Abdul El-Sayed]]’s Wikipedia page was quietly whitewashed of controversies by mystery editor before election.
Over the past few months, a single Wikipedia editor, known as “CopyleftEverything,” made extensive revisions to Abdul El-Sayed’s page, softening descriptions of controversies and removing references to tensions with Michigan’s Jewish community, antisemitism controversies, his medical credentials, and his criticism of Israel. The editor also made dozens of changes to pages related to the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the American Communist Party, and the Revolutionary Communists of America.
Among the changes, the editor revised language stating that El-Sayed had “never been granted a medical license” to say that he “did not pursue a medical license.” El-Sayed holds a medical degree from Columbia University but did not complete residency training or obtain a medical license. He also faced criticism for calling himself a doctor.
The editor changed a description of [radical, bigoted] left-wing influencer Hasan Piker from “a controversial left-wing Twitch … streamer and political commentator” to simply “left-wing political commentator.” Other revisions removed references to El-Sayed’s hiring of a Jewish community liaison amid tensions over his criticism of the Israeli government, opposition to military aid to Israel, and comments about the Temple Israel attack.
Investigative journalist Ashley Rindsberg and researcher Yehuda Teitelbaum independently tracked the edits and identified a pattern of changes that softened or removed controversial information ahead of the election.
Wikipedia co-founder [[Larry Sanger]] endorsed the investigation as a legitimate criticism of Wikipedia’s editing practices. Teitelbaum warned that the changes could influence public understanding because Google and AI search systems rely heavily on Wikipedia for information. He characterized the revisions as an organized effort to reshape the political narrative and present misleading information.
==See also ==
==See also ==