The Edmonton Journal with a new moniker for Industry Minister Jim Prentice.
The WikiMinister
June 9, 2008
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Episode 273: Rebroadcast of the Globe and Mail’s The Decibel on Canada’s First Steps Towards a Social Media Ban
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Uhhh
“except that Geist claims the edits and fawning entries came from within the cubicles of Industry Canada. ”
Well, its a bit more undeniable that that’s where it came from (unless they’re running an open proxy).
The Edmonton Journal would have been better served by stating that it is unknown within exactly where in Industry Canada it came from, since someone (Francois?) has already offered evidence that showed that sort of thing with WikiScanner.