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Introduction — Oct 18, 2018<\/h1>\n

A regular contributor who sent the following article in added his own comments and they provide additional and interesting perspective:<\/h5>\n
This guy “outed” me as a “raging anti-Semite and a Nazi” in one of his Times articles. I didn’t care as neither myself nor anyone I know reads it. He also threatened me with the Times’ lawyers last year. He is in the process of trying to destroy the life of one Neil Clark, a contributor to RT, amongst other things:<\/h5>\n
https:\/\/fundrazr.com\/stories\/4DMdX8<\/a><\/h5>\n
http:\/\/neilclark66.blogspot.com\/2016\/10\/a-sign-of-times-vicious-vendettas-of.html<\/a><\/h5>\n
Be aware that if you attack him, even ineffectively, this creep is likely to come after you. The saving grace is knowing that Kamm is afflicted by serious depression. No great surprise. He is probably occupied by a multitude of demons. Engaging with him by email one gets a sense of an hysterical and utterly paranoid fanatic. safe and protected, as one might expect, in the heart of the establishment.<\/h5>\n
We leave readers to decide whether those who uphold the establishment narrative are simply well-paid intellectual prostitutes, mentally disturbed, possessed by demons or all three. Ed.<\/h5>\n

Phillip Cross: The Mystery Wikipedia Editor Targeting Anti-War Sites <\/a><\/h1>\n

Media Lens — Mint Press News Oct 17, 2018<\/a><\/h2>\n

In June, the BBC\u00a0reported<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>that someone operating under the name \u2018Philip Cross\u2019 had been extraordinarily active in editing Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Philip Cross\u201d has made hundreds of thousands of edits to Wikipedia pages. But in the process, he\u2019s angered anti-war activists and critics of British and Western foreign policy, who claim he\u2019s been biased against them.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Political analyst and former UK British ambassador Craig Murray\u00a0described<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>the scale of Cross\u2019s activities:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Philip Cross\u201d has not had one single day off from editing Wikipedia in almost five years. \u201cHe\u201d has edited every single day from 29 August 2013 to 14 May 2018. Including five Christmas Days. That\u2019s 1,721 consecutive days of editing. 133,612 edits to Wikipedia have been made in the name of \u201cPhilip Cross\u201d over 14 years. That\u2019s over 30 edits per day, seven days a week. And I do not use that figuratively: Wikipedia edits are timed, and if you plot them, the timecard for \u201cPhilip Cross\u2019s\u201d Wikipedia activity is astonishing if it is one individual.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

So who is Philip Cross? The BBC commented:<\/span><\/p>\n

“BBC Trending has been able to establish that he lives in England and that Philip Cross is not the name he normally goes by outside of Wikipedia.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The excellent Five Filters website looked deeply into these issues and\u00a0noted<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>of the person writing as Cross:<\/span><\/p>\n

“After George Galloway, Media Lens is his second most edited article on the site. Cross is responsible for almost 80% of all content on the Media Lens entry.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

This is deeply flattering for a two-man organization run on donations facing some pretty heavyweight\u00a0competition<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Cross calls his Wikipedia targets \u201cgoons\u201d. The list includes anti-war politician George Galloway, former MP Matthew Gordon-Banks, historian, human rights activist and former UK ambassador Craig Murray, investigative journalist Dr Nafeez Ahmed, Edinburgh University professor Tim Hayward, Sheffield University professor Piers Robinson, and media analysis group Media Lens.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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At least one @Wikipedia<\/a> editor 'gets it' on what the 'Philip Cross' affair could mean for @Wikipedia<\/a>.https:\/\/t.co\/BlmJbVm8DG<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/sfpSfwZjAj<\/a><\/p>\n

— Media Lens (@medialens) May 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n