{"id":2254471,"date":"2024-05-28T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikipedia-editors-caught-making-multiple-changes-to-pine-tree-flag-page\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:20:42","slug":"wikipedia-editors-caught-making-multiple-changes-to-pine-tree-flag-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikipedia-editors-caught-making-multiple-changes-to-pine-tree-flag-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia Editors Alter Pine Tree Flag Page Multiple Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwikipedia-editors-caught-making-multiple-changes-to-pine-tree-flag-page%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2254471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wikipedia editors were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/investigators-pelosi-responsible-for-jan-6-security-breakdown-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Investigators: Pelosi Responsible For Jan. 6 Security Breakdown At U.S. Capitol\">caught altering<\/a> the Pine Tree Flag page in real-time to fit a \u200cnarrative related\u2063 to Justice Alito&#8217;s \u200cflag\u200b use. The edits aligned\u200c with claims calling for Alito&#8217;s recusal from Trump-related cases. The flag&#8217;s symbolism shifted amid controversy, \u200dreflecting a divisive modern interpretation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retro-rfk-jr-ad-mirroring-jfk-commercial-runs-during-super-bowl\/\" title=\"Retro RFK Jr. ad mimics JFK commercial in Super Bowl\">historical symbolism<\/a>. Multiple\u2063 edits raised concerns about information accuracy and manipulation on the platform.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a> editors got caught making multiple real-time changes to its Pine Tree Flag page description to fit the narrative by some about the reason Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was flying a Revolutionary War-Era Flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Editors of the online encyclopedia appeared to take a page right out of the dystopian thriller \u201c1984\u201d by changing the flag description to match up with claims coming from the Left calling for Alito to recuse himself from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-has-killed-her-hundreds-of-thousands-but-abortion-has-killed-her-tens-of-millions\/\" title=\"COVID Has Killed Her Hundreds of Thousands, But Abortion Has Killed Her Tens of Millions\">cases involving<\/a> former President Donald Trump, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/fuzzychimp\/2024\/05\/25\/wikipedia-plays-the-ministry-of-truth-in-all-lib-remake-of-the-classic-1984-n2396589\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitchy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported. At the time of the report, it had been edited 150 times since May 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The slew of edits comes days after The New York Times claimed the flag<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was \u201ccarried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021\u201d and is \u201cnow a symbol of support for former President Donald J. Trump, for a religious strand of the \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019 campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms,\u201d as previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-times-targets-alito-again-this-time-its-for-revolutionary-war-era-flag\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pine Tree Flag, or \u201cAppeal to Heaven\u201d flag, which was originally used by a squadron of frigates commissioned by George Washington at the time of the Revolutionary War, was flown at Alito\u2019s beach house last summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wikipedia edits on the Pine Tree Flag page are fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, it was just a normal flag.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, it\u2019s a now a symbol of Christian nationalism and right-wing extremism.<\/p>\n<p>And the Popular Culture section on the HBO miniseries has been completely removed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vIadtsCiyZ\">pic.twitter.com\/vIadtsCiyZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKerrNC\/status\/1794095510338335069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to several screenshots <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonathanRawles\/status\/1794084421500293142\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted on X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tufts-university-urges-rooting-out-racism-training-for-white-christan-students\/\" title=\"Tufts University Urges \u2018Rooting Out Racism\u2019 Training For White, Christan Students\">original description<\/a> of the flag last week on Wikipedia \u2014 under the \u201cModern Usage\u201d portion \u2014 described it as a flag u<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sed by \u201ca diverse cast of characters, including some Christian nationalists.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Friday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-adds-trigger-warnings-to-these-classics-now-hidden-from-children-under-seven-years-old\/\" title=\"Disney+ Adds Trigger Warnings To These Classics, Now Hidden From Children Under Seven-Years-Old\">page read<\/a> that the flag is \u201ca symbol of right-wing extremism.\u201d Another person <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewKerrNC\/status\/1794095510338335069\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that the flag was now described as a \u201csymbol of Christian nationalism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One person noticed that other edits to claim it was a flag used by \u201cfar-right\u201d extremists seemed to ignore the fact that the flag was flown at a BLM rally. The picture of the flag at the July 2020 rally is still on the site, one person <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Black_Lives_Matter_protest_signs.jpg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Others noted that there had been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewKerrNC\/status\/1794095510338335069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1794095510338335069%7Ctwgr%5Ee3427572af77c124a6569f11984be3efac17efde%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Ffuzzychimp%2F2024%2F05%2F25%2Fwikipedia-plays-the-ministry-of-truth-in-all-lib-remake-of-the-classic-1984-n2396589\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">edits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPopular Culture\u201d section, sharing screenshots to back up claims. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wikipedia page in 2019 read, \u201cThe Pine Tree Flag appears with several other Revolutionary flags on the desk of Ron Swanson, a character on the NBC comedy \u2018Parks and Recreation.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It also used to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonathanRawles\/status\/1794117745992511615\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">include<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that \u201cthe Pine Tree Flag is shown in opening credits of all seven episodes of the HBO miniseries \u2018John Adams.\u2019 And is shown being carried by colonial forces in \u2018Part 1: Join or Die,&#8217;\u201d according to screenshots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The current <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pine_Tree_Flag\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">description<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at the time of this publication reads, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the 2020s, the flag was flown at events attended by various <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radical_right_(United_States)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">far-right<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  groups, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_nationalism#United_States\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christian nationalists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018s \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stop the Steal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019 campaign, along with protests associated with the Black Lives Matter movement<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and other causes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cJustice Samuel Alito flew the flag at his New Jersey home in 2023, which some criticized because of its presence at past far-right events, despite its lack of historical association with the far-right, and use at protests associated with other causes,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The latest edit has removed any \u201cPopular Culture\u201d references.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Hank Berrien contributed to this piece.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia editors were caught altering the Pine Tree Flag page in real-time to align with a narrative regarding Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito&#8217;s use of a Revolutionary War-era flag. 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