Posted on 07/29/2022 7:46:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
"Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page," Mike Cernovich said on Twitter after having noticed the change.
Wikipedia changed the definition of recession on their website to fit the Biden administration's redefined language. Wikipedia then locked the page preventing individuals from updating the website, which is a tool that Wikipedia has long provided. The White House changed the definition of "recession" last week ahead of the release of Thursday's economic report, which showed that the US has had two consecutive quarters of declining GDP. This was the standard definition, but the White House declared that the definition should be tied more closely to unemployment numbers.
"Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page," Mike Cernovich said on Twitter after having noticed the change.
On the Wiki page that provides the definition of a "recession," a message pops up when an attempt is made to edit the information, reading: "This page is protected to prevent vandalism."
Wikipedia is good as long as it’s readers remain skeptical.
We are in Orwell’s 1984.
It’s clear what is happening, listening to Biden and the media. Since we are confronted with the bad news that we are in a recession, the powers that be have changed the definition of a recession. Thus, we aren’t officially in a recession.
Anyone disagree, that this is Orwellian, to change the definition of what a recession is, so that Biden and the media and Democrats can claim this isn’t a recession?
A google search still shows that a recession is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of a decline in the GDP.
At least contributors to Wikipedia can provide links to verify what is being purported. But to lock down the page for edits is just unbelievably fascist.
Pretty soon YouTube will start flagging videos calling it a recession.
“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― George Orwell, 1984
keep reading...
Although the definition of a recession varies between different countries and scholars, two consecutive quarters of decline in a country’s real gross domestic product is commonly used as a practical definition of a recession.[3][4][5] In the United States, a recession is defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) as “a significant decline in economic activity spread across the market, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales”.[6] In the United Kingdom and other countries, it is defined as a negative economic growth for two consecutive quarters.[7][8]
Depressing.
Every Macro Economics book being burned.
Wikipedia - Dear Sir (or Madame or pick your preferred salutation) I know you lean to the left but you are offering a service by which you make money and it has been clear for some time businesses that “go woke” soon “go broke” or in your case you lose any trust you may have had with your customers.
Changing a definition of a word to pander to one group or another is a prime example of “going woke”.
The bottom line is you have clearly demonstrated that anything in your WIKIPEDIA that is controversial is not to be trusted.
Thank you for your time.
I think that book was intended to be a warning wrapped in entertainment. Who would have guessed it would be used an an operational handbook?
Just another commie leftist rat rag…
"A ressition is what happnz when Donalt Drump is Makin Agemerica Great agion... (leans in and whispers) .... and you can take that to the bank, Jack! Come on!"
How many even use it for facts? It's like saying, OMG, MSNBC is telling lies.
I cringe when I see conservatives use Wikipedia as proof for facts. It is a leftist controlled site. Their very existence is based upon their original desire they had from the very beginning, and that is to revise history to fit the leftists agenda.
Again, it is like using Snopes for proof of facts, or being worried that Media Matters is telling lies. Why would any logical person give a rats ass what they do?
Why use them, it's like
What a waste of energy to be concerned what proven leftist liars do. Why so shocked?
Wikipedia is good for non-political info....................only.................
A google search still shows that a recession is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of a decline in the GDP.
I doubt that will last very long.
I think I’ll put Wikipedia on my security list of dangerous websites, so it will be blocked by my system.
I thought this was 2022 not 1984.
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