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DID SCHMIDT, BOEHNER SCRUB WIKIPEDIA PAGES?
Cincinnati CityBeat
http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3684-did_schmidt_boehner_scrub_wikipedia_pages.html
July 11 2012
Viral web cataloger says local Reps are among 33 Congress members to
have altered pages
A post on viral web cataloger BuzzFeed accuses U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt
or her staff of airbrushing the congresswoman's Wikipedia page.
BuzzFeed claims that a user bearing the Internet fingerprint shared by
all Congressional offices removed the section of Schmidt's Wikipedia
entry titled "The Armenian Genocide issue."
Schmidt was one of 33 Congress members alleged to have had airbrushing
done to their Wikipedia pages.
Also listed was House Speaker John Boehner, who allegedly had mention
of his knowledge of the Mark Foley congressional page scandal scrubbed
from his page.
CityBeat has asked for comment from the offices of Schmidt and Boehner.
Cincinnati newsCincinnati politicsJean SchmidtJohn
BoehnerBuzzFeedWikipedia
No response has been given as of Wednesday afternoon.
"The Armenian Genocide issue" section appeared on Schmidt's page
as of Wednesday. It's unclear whether the section had previously
been removed.
According to the entry, Schmidt came under fire in 2008 from
congressional challenger David Krikorian for failing to publicly
define the mass killing of 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians between
1915-1916 as the "Armenian Genocide."
The Armenian-American Krikorian accused Schmidt of taking tens of
thousands in "blood money" from the Turkish government in order to
push the denial. Krikorian's claims resulted in a defamation lawsuit
from Schmidt and a complaint before the House Ethics Committee.
However, Boehner's page still contained no mention of his knowledge
of the Foley page scandal as of Wednesday afternoon.
In 2006 former Republican Florida Rep. Mark Foley resigned over
reports that he had sent sexually explicit Internet messages to at
least one underage male former congressional page.
Boehner told The Washington Post that he had learned of inappropriate
"contact" between Foley and a 16-year-old page and told then-House
Speaker Dennis Hassert about it. He later told the newspaper that he
couldn't remember whether he talked to Hassert.
From: A. Papazian
Cincinnati CityBeat
http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3684-did_schmidt_boehner_scrub_wikipedia_pages.html
July 11 2012
Viral web cataloger says local Reps are among 33 Congress members to
have altered pages
A post on viral web cataloger BuzzFeed accuses U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt
or her staff of airbrushing the congresswoman's Wikipedia page.
BuzzFeed claims that a user bearing the Internet fingerprint shared by
all Congressional offices removed the section of Schmidt's Wikipedia
entry titled "The Armenian Genocide issue."
Schmidt was one of 33 Congress members alleged to have had airbrushing
done to their Wikipedia pages.
Also listed was House Speaker John Boehner, who allegedly had mention
of his knowledge of the Mark Foley congressional page scandal scrubbed
from his page.
CityBeat has asked for comment from the offices of Schmidt and Boehner.
Cincinnati newsCincinnati politicsJean SchmidtJohn
BoehnerBuzzFeedWikipedia
No response has been given as of Wednesday afternoon.
"The Armenian Genocide issue" section appeared on Schmidt's page
as of Wednesday. It's unclear whether the section had previously
been removed.
According to the entry, Schmidt came under fire in 2008 from
congressional challenger David Krikorian for failing to publicly
define the mass killing of 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians between
1915-1916 as the "Armenian Genocide."
The Armenian-American Krikorian accused Schmidt of taking tens of
thousands in "blood money" from the Turkish government in order to
push the denial. Krikorian's claims resulted in a defamation lawsuit
from Schmidt and a complaint before the House Ethics Committee.
However, Boehner's page still contained no mention of his knowledge
of the Foley page scandal as of Wednesday afternoon.
In 2006 former Republican Florida Rep. Mark Foley resigned over
reports that he had sent sexually explicit Internet messages to at
least one underage male former congressional page.
Boehner told The Washington Post that he had learned of inappropriate
"contact" between Foley and a 16-year-old page and told then-House
Speaker Dennis Hassert about it. He later told the newspaper that he
couldn't remember whether he talked to Hassert.
From: A. Papazian