I was shocked to find out that practically anyone can change information posted on Wikipidia.com. "Corporations like Diebold, Raytheon, Pfizer, Exxon Mobil and Wal-Mart. Not to mention the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, members of Congress, the CIA, the Church of Scientology and the Catholic Church. They all made changes of some kind to entries that included references or information about them". What amazed me even more is that "Wikipedia calls itself 'the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit,'" which I agree "is another way of saying it is not fact-checked. Or spin-checked, for that matter."
I have used Wikipidia for many school projects and research papers, and I don't think I will be using it anymore. Who knows where the information comes from, and who it has been changed by. I think someone needs to do something about it, so that the information can actually be trusted.
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