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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:
    ==Trollist view==
    '''Note: the following was written mainly by the lead [[trollist]], [[142.177.X.X]] and thus it propably exaggerates it's stand-point excessively as per the [[art of trolling]]'''
     
    Some claim that it 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.