Elon Musk blasts Wikipedia after it suspends edits of ‘recession’ page – New York Post

Elon Musk slammed Wikipedia on Friday for losing its objectivity after the online encyclopedia blocked users from editing its recession page prompting accusations that it was running interference for the Biden administration.

Musk, the Tesla CEO and the worlds richest person with an estimated net worth of $263 billion, tagged Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales in a tweet on Friday.

Wikipedia is losing its objectivity, Musk tweeted.

Wikipedia blocked users from revising its recession page after visitors to the site engaged in a frantic editing war over the definition of the term, which is being disputed by the Biden administration following the latest economic data showing a drop in GDP.

One Wikipedia user known as Soibangla edited the recession page to remove reference to the standard definition of the term.

The user added a line that read: There is no global consensus on the definition of a recession.

As of Friday morning, the page included a lock icon in the upper right corner indicating that it was placed in semi-protection mode whereby unregistered users as well as accounts [that] are not confirmed or autoconfirmed would not be able to make changes to the text.

Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page, tweeted right-leaning social media personality Mike Cernovich.

Cant make Biden look bad before the midterm elections! tweeted another Twitter user.

The change comes after dozens of people flocked to the page to make edits to the entry. They were most likely spurred by Thursdays Commerce Department report indicating that the countrys GDP fell by 0.9%.

This is the second consecutive quarter that the national economy has contracted which meets the traditional definition of a recession.

But the Biden administration has insisted that the economy is not in a recession. The president and his aides have steadfastly refused to use the word in briefings to reporters.

This is not an economy thats in recession, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told NBCs Meet the Press on Sunday.

But were in a period of transition in which growth is slowing and thats necessary and appropriate and we need to be growing at a steady and sustainable pace.

Whether the US is technically in a recession is a determination that is usually made by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which is a private, nonprofit research organization based in Cambridge, Mass.

The NBER bills itself as an apolitical group that is committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community.

The Post has sought comment from Wikipedia.

Semi-protection is useful when there is a significant amount of disruption or vandalism from new or unregistered users, or to prevent sockpuppets of blocked or banned users from editing, especially when it occurs on biographies of living persons who have had a recent high level of media interest, according to the Wikipedia page.

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Elon Musk blasts Wikipedia after it suspends edits of 'recession' page - New York Post