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Microsoft Agents from Waggener Edstrom Airbrush Wikipedia, Glorify Paymaster

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Microsoft does not need to edit Wikipedia. It only needs to hire people and agencies to do this. And that's just what it does. As proof, we have already mentioned Rick Jelliffe on numerous occasions [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].



Earlier today day we wrote about Waggener Edstrom. We probably ought to have properly highlighted the group's ugly track record with Microsoft [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], which includes Microsoft's very infamous diversion and interference with Wikipedia. Here is a bunch of examples from usgw1.wagged.com, with edits like this of the article on "MSN Search". Edits from usgw2.wagged.com include "Windows Genuine Advantage". Notice the edits, particularly in the former example, which add a promotional slant to Microsoft-related articles. This comes from Waggener Edstrom's offices (no need to proxify).

“...Microsoft not only manipulates the press but also rewrites history, literally, in editable sites like Wikipedia.”So, next time someone points out Microsoft's revisionism [1, 2, 3] and requests more proof, it should be trivial to show how Microsoft not only manipulates the press but also rewrites history, literally, in editable sites like Wikipedia. Just watch how articles about Microsoft executives changed over the years, turning then from villains to heros.

Since we recently mentioned Waggener Edstrom and their laptop bribes, worth mentioning is also the following older article that we never referenced before:

Mercury News writer accuses Microsoft of Bribery



On the latest episode of “Dean and Nooch”, San Jose Mercury News writer Dean Takahashi had some choice news regarding a $800 swag bag he received, calling the swag bag a “bribe” and saying he’ll send it back in it’s entirety.


Bad people rarely change their bad behaviour (just watch today's news about OJ Simpson). It is naive to expect otherwise.

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