Self-Serving Congress?

[ellyssian]

US Congress staff altering Wikipedia entries to make senators look better - or worse

Wow. I am surprised and shocked that people we elect might hire people who would do something like that - from changing "liberal" to "activist", removing voting records that show which side your own, to removing campaign promises that haven't been met. Seriously, "business as usual" should not be acceptable when it comes to such things. Honor and integrity are qualities that the senators - and their staff - should possess without needing to have it edited in by a well-meaning or poorly directed flunkie.

I didn't look further, but it is interesting to see how I discovered this article on a UK source.

Comments

[wolfette]

I think it was a US source I saw it on earlier today.

[pecosdave.livejournal.com]

This has been all over the geek news sources for a couple of weeks. Honestly I can't blame them for trying, unfortunately people with high up political positions in the US seem to think they own everything and can call the shots. The problem isn't changing the entries once, it's the revert wars there after.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

It's namecalling on the playground, all over again. Would be nice if they'd mature beyond that point.

In a reply to a friend's post yesterday, I mentioned how the behavior of a certain shrubbery was similar to that of dysfunctional managers in the business world - unfortunately, that observation's not limited to just the upper management.

As I pointed out then, if I worked for a manager like that, I would (and I have) taken my employment elsewhere. Very comforting to know that our government displays those childish, self-absorbed attitudes.