Wikipedia: Israelis, Notorious for Sexual Exploitation of Children, Traffic Haitian Organs
CAMERA has on a number of occasions commented on the problems with Wikipedia when it comes to articles about the Arab-Israeli conflict. See, for example, “How and Why to Edit Wikipedia” and “The Wild West of Wikipedia.”
But a picture is worth a thousand words. (Especially a picture with words.) So here’s a screenshot from Wikipedia that captures all that’s wrong with the encyclopedia:
The screenshot (and this page) reflects how the article looks as of this writing. The actual article page, containing whatever the latest version of the article happens to be, can be found here.
According to the article’s history page, it was created on April 4 by a Wikipedia account created that same day. Later that day, another Wikipedia user removed the reference to “israeli” perpetrators and added the word “alleged.” But the creator of the article returned a couple of days later to undo those changes.
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