Wal-Mart Lobbyists Winning the Battle of Wikipedia

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For up to two years Wal-mart lobbyists have successfully waged a war against a fair viewpoint on Wikipedia's Wal-mart page. Although the Wal-mart page was originally highly critical of Wal-mart, it has slowly shifted to a very positive perspective. Although Wikipedia maintains a 'Neutral Point of View' (NPOV) policy, the Wal-mart page is highly biased. Additionally, all criticism has, contrary to policy, practice, and the general opinion of those concerned, been moved to a Debates Over Wal-mart section. Even that page has noticeable resistance to negative points of view about Wal-mart...

full article: http://www.whitedust.net/article/55/Wal-...pedia_War/

Wikipedia's Wal-Mart page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart
Wikipedia's debates over Wal-Mart page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debates_over_Wal-Mart