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'''Sourcewatch'''[http://sourcewatch.org .org], formerly '''Disinfopedia''', is an attempt to expose links between corporate and political players, very similar to Consumerium in structure:
'''Sourcewatch [http://sourcewatch.org (.org)]''', formerly '''Disinfopedia''', a [[large public wiki]], is ongoing effort to expose links between [[corporation|corporate]] and [[politics|political players]], very similar to Consumerium in structure:


A [[large public wiki]] which is devoted to exposing invisible links between power polayers.  It is however not run very democratically:
==SourceWatch Bias==
 
SourceWatch is not run very democratically:


It is effectively, a U.S. Democratic Party front, run by Sheldon Rampton and handpicked personal friends of his, such as "User:Maynard".  These form a very autocratic [[sysop power structure]] with no accountability whatsoever.  They simply do [[ad hominem delete]] and [[ad hominem revert]] by users they dislike, usually for knowing more about the subject than they do.  It is not recommended to engage them in editorial discussion.
It is effectively, a U.S. Democratic Party front, run by Sheldon Rampton and handpicked personal friends of his, such as "User:Maynard".  These form a very autocratic [[sysop power structure]] with no accountability whatsoever.  They simply do [[ad hominem delete]] and [[ad hominem revert]] by users they dislike, usually for knowing more about the subject than they do.  It is not recommended to engage them in editorial discussion.
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