Wikipedia reserves derogatory description for Republican politicians
Wikipedia reserves the term “convicted felon” for Republican politicians who have been convicted of a crime, though it does not do so when describing convicted Democrat politicians, according to an independent analysis by Frontline News.
A review of 51 state and local politicians who were convicted of felonies between 2020 and this report found that Democrat politicians are twice as likely to be convicted of a felony, making up 34 of the convictions against 17 Republicans.
Of those 17 Republicans, Wikipedia describes three as convicted felons in the immediate description. The online encyclopedia describes former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson as “a Republican former politician and convicted felon,” former Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Folmer as “an American politician and convicted sex offender,” and former West Virginia State Delegate and candidate Derrick Evans, who was persecuted for his attendance at the Capitol on January 6th, as “an American convicted felon and politician.”
Of the 34 convicted Democrat politicians, none were referred to as a “convicted felon”.
That privilege also extends to favorites among Democratic globalists. Hollywood director Roman Polanski, who in 1977 pled guilty to raping a 13-year-old and fled the country before conviction, has been defended by Hollywood elites such as Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci. Wikipedia does not even mention Polanski’s crimes until the end of the third paragraph.
The opening paragraph of Wikipedia’s entry for Polanski instead reads:
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański[a] (né Liebling;[2] 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish[3][1] film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, nine César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or.
Frontline News also found that several Democrats escaped Wikipedia’s list of convicted state and local politicians. Joe Morrissey, who admitted in 2014 to having sex with a minor, continues to serve as a member of the Virginia Senate and is not included in Wikipedia’s list at all. Former Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva, who in 2016 served alcohol to underage boys and recorded them playing strip poker, also did not make the list. The same goes for former congressman and New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who registered as a sex offender after sending obscene content to minors and women. Current Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry was convicted last year of drunk driving after he collided with another motorist, though he too did not make the list. Former Racine Mayor Gary Becker, a convicted sex offender, has no Wikipedia entry at all.
Curiously, while Democratic state and local politicians appear twice as likely to be convicted of a crime, those in the federal government are much less likely to be convicted, if at all.
A Wikipedia list of federal politicians convicted of crimes from 2017–present shows that all six have been Republican, with no convicted Democrats listed.
Frontline News learned in December that the Biden administration has commissioned a group of journalists called Hacks/Hackers to organize a group of Wikipedia censors called “Research Coordinators” for a project called NewsQ. These censors will list which sources of vaccine information are “credible sources” and which are “unreliable”. Job applicants need not have a medical background or expertise in a medical field to become a Research Coordinator.
“That list is already taking shape on Wikipedia, with liberal outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, and The Atlantic all marked ‘reliable,’” reports The Daily Wire. “Conservative sites, including The Daily Wire, Daily Mail, Epoch Times, and The Federalist, are all classified as either ‘unreliable’ or ‘conspiracy'.”
