This is very big news! The Hill reported that House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has launched an investigation into far-left Wikipedia.
Chairman James Comer, (R-KY) and Rep. Nancy Mace, (R-SC) chair of the panel’s subcommittee on cybersecurity, information technology and government innovation, sent an information request concerning the issue to Maryana Iskander, chief executive officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia on Wednesday.
The letter demands that CEO Maryana Iskander provide information on foreign operations and individuals at academic institutions subsidized by U.S. taxpayer dollars to influence U.S. public opinion.
The Committees are requesting the following information from Wikipedia in their ongoing investigation.
1. Records, communications, or analysis pertaining to possible coordination by nation state actors in editing activities on Wikipedia.
2. Records, communications, or analysis pertaining to possible coordination within academic institutions or other organized efforts to edit or influence content identified as possibly violating Wikipedia policies.
3. Records of Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) including but not limited to all editor conduct disputes and actions taken against them.
4. Records showing identifying and unique characteristics of accounts (such as names, IP addresses, registration dates, user activity logs) for editors subject to actions by ArbCom.
5. Documentation of Wikipedia’s editorial policies and protocols including those aimed at ensuring neutrality and addressing bias as well as policies regarding discipline for violations.
6. Any analysis conducted or reviewed by the Wikimedia Foundation (or by a third-party acting on its behalf) of patterns of manipulation or bias related to antisemitism and conflicts with the State of Israel.
Here is a full copy of the demand letter sent to Wikipedia on Wednesday.
This is great news for conservative and independent publishers who have been severely damaged by Wikipedia’s lies and vicious attacks by the internet giant.
As The Gateway Pundit reported back in April — It’s not a secret that The Gateway Pundit, the fifth-largest conservative news website in America today, has one of the most dishonest and vile entries on Wikipedia.
Unfortunately for us, we do not own our name or entry “Gateway Pundit” on Wikipedia – the far-left editors do. We cannot comment or explain any entry under our name, we cannot edit our entry to include our award-winning journalism, we cannot rebut any of their lies about us, and we cannot add a mention of the hundreds of reports that were completely accurate and completely discredited the radical left.
Wikipedia is a great tool for the radical left and it has cost conservatives, including this website, millions of dollars in potential traffic and income.
The Gateway Pundit is not the only conservative website that Wikipedia smears and lies about.
In December 2019, T. D. Adler at Breitbart News reported that Wikipedia blacklists now included The Epoch Times and The Gateway Pundit for our truthful reporting on Russiagate.
Wikipedia highlighted The Gateway Pundit’s reporting that was true and factual and used it against us as an excuse to censor our website.
According to Adler,
China critics the Epoch Times and conservative outlet the Gateway Pundit have been banned from use as reliable sources on Wikipedia in the latest cases of news outlets that support President Trump being banned from the online encyclopedia. The Epoch Times ban proposal cited NBC’s hit piece on the site over its coverage of improprieties in the Russia investigation, commonly called Spygate, which prompted smear efforts against the outlet on Wikipedia. Gateway Pundit was proposed for a ban shortly after Epoch Times.
The Epoch Times Wikipedia ban proposal was apparently prompted by one of its articles being cited on the Wikipedia page for Joseph Mifsud, a key controversial figure in the origins of the discredited Russia investigation. Gateway Pundit’s ban was in response to the outlet being cited for past media silence over Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.
Over the past year, Wikipedia editors have been on a banning spree targeting conservative news sources. Having previously banned the Daily Mail as a source, the following year marked the beginning of an acceleration of the process. Since then, editors have imposed similar bans on fifteen other sites aside from Epoch Times and Gateway Pundit. While some data-focused sites and state-owned outlets in Venezuela and Iran have also been banned, the bulk of the sites banned have been conservative-leaning news outlets. Breitbart News was blacklisted as a “reliable source” on Wikipedia in 2018…
…Gateway Pundit’s ban came from a proposal soon after the proposed ban for Epoch Times. The ban proposal came in response to editor “BullRangifer” removing a 2017 piece criticizing media silence on Ukraine colluding with Democrats to influence the 2016 election. The article was originally added to frame Gateway Pundit as “fueling conspiracy theories” related to the impeachment inquiry over Trump’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In fact, the piece correctly noted Politico’s coverage of DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa soliciting Ukrainian interference and then-Democratic minority leader of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff expressing concerns about the reported interference.
Criticism of Gateway Pundit was harsher during the ban discussion, though still predominantly from left-wing editors. Some regarded the outlet as unreliable, but argued against a full sourcing ban as they believed some legitimate uses may exist. In addition to Simonm223, who also voted for the ban, editors advocating a ban included “Snooganssnoogans” and “Volunteer Marek” who each have a history of smearing the outlet on Wikipedia.
That is just one example.
These attacks on Wikipedia against The Gateway Pundit have been ongoing for years.
Wikipedia even attacked The Gateway Pundit for our COVID coverage, which we now know was the most accurate in the country. The Trump administration even created a website to show the truth about the Chinese laboratory virus and the government website agrees with all of our previous reporting on the subject. Wikipedia was reporting inaccurate information on the subject for years and attacking and smearing those who reported the truth.
Maybe, Wikipedia’s lies and biased attacks have finally caught up with them.
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin wrote to the Wikimedia Foundation, which sponsors Wikipedia, demanding answers to its years of biased, politicized, and dishonest targeting of conservative entries on the platform.
Attorney Martin requested that the Wikimedia Foundation turn over documents regarding its tax-exempt status. The foundation had until May 15, 2025, to turn over the documents.
Now, the Oversight Committee is also going after the far-left smear machine.
Let’s pray something comes of it.
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