Wikipedia Scrubs Debunked Conspiracy Theories

The wingnutosphere is up in arms about Wikipedia scrubbing the ridiculous and thoroughly debunked birth certificate conspiracy theory from Barack Obama’s entry.

And because Wikipedia — not the Obama White House — removed this lie about the president from the site, it naturally means Obama is like Stalin and Mao. Get it?

By the way, I checked the Barack Obama entry. Nothing in there about the president being Bin Laden disguised in a clever latex mask either. Stalinists!

But while we’re talking about first-hand scrubbing of information, take a look at this.

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