Wikipedia editors have been accused of trying to change the page defining the term “recession” 41 times in about a week. The definition of the term has been a hot topic since the White House published a post that suggested the US is not in recession despite a negative growth in the economy in the past two fiscal quarters, which is the measure that has been used most in the past.
Wikipedia has now locked the post so that no one can correct it.
According to a screenshot, Wikipedia’s page on “recession” was edited about 41 times by several editors. The Daily Wire reported that one editor said: “there is no global consensus” on the definition of the term. Following the multiple revisions, an administrator blocked edits because of repeated “unsourced or poorly sourced content”....
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