You might recall a moment earlier this year where Wikipedia had to temporarily suspend one's ability to edit Wiki articles because politicians were tampering with their opponents' articles.
Some are at it again, it seems.
In Georgia this week, the campaign manager for a candidate for governor resigned amid allegations he doctored the Wikipedia biography of an opponent in the Democratic primary.
Morton Brilliant was accused of revising the entry for Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor to add his son's arrest last August in a drunken driving accident that left his best friend dead.
The information was accurate and had been in the news. But Brilliant's boss, Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox, declared the son's legal troubles out of bounds.
The link to Brilliant was discovered by Taylor's campaign, which immediately accused the Cox camp of engaging in "gutter politics" and demanded Brilliant's resignation.
Apparently, Mr. Brilliant isn't so...well, brilliant.
Tags: [Wikipedia], [gutter politics], [another political attack on Wikipedia], [Morton Brilliant], [Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor], [Cathy Cox]
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