Wikipedia posts updated to smear Patel, Hegseth, Gabbard: Watchdog

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Entries on the internet “encyclopedia” Wikipedia were edited to highlight confirmation hurdles for several top Trump Cabinet nominees in the latest example of liberal online platforms attempting to smear conservatives, according to a media watchdog.

The entries for FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, intelligence czar Tulsi Gabbard, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were spun negatively prior to their confirmation hearings, said the analysis by the Media Research Center and shared with Secrets.

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