BBC rewrites wikipedia entries...

I wonder if the CBC does the same...

BBC officials repeatedly altered the Wikipedia internet encyclopaedia to water down attacks on the corporation, The Independent on Sunday can disclose.

The changes are among tens of thousands of edits made by staff in public authorities, including local councils, police forces, government departments and MPs' offices. Many more were made from computers registered to UK-based companies, charities and even the official residence of the Prince of Wales.

An investigation of "anonymous" edits on the site has revealed that the broadcaster's staff rewrote parts of a page entitled "Criticism of the BBC" to defuse press attacks on "political correctness". Also included in more than 7,000 Wikipedia edits by BBC workers are unflattering references to rival broadcasters – and even the corporation's biggest names.

An entry claiming that a BBC report found the organisation was "out of touch with large swathes of the public and is guilty of self-censoring subjects that the corporation finds unpalatable" was replaced with a brief paragraph saying the document "explored issues around impartiality".