BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

FROM THE REAL BARACK OBAMA Klein: Eligibility issue sparks ‘edit war’. Wikipedia blocks users from posting criticism of Obama In a follow-up to his March 8 post, Wikipedia scrubs Obama eligibility. Mention of citizenship issues deleted within minutes, ‘offending’ users banned from website, Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief for World Net Daily, wrote last evening, March 9: A WND article reporting yesterday that Wikipedia had been scrubbing President Obama’s biography of criticism has resulted in an “edit war” on the website in which a large number of users were barred from posting on key issues, including any mention of challenges to Obama’s eligibility. Ultimately, administrators at Wikipedia, the online “free encyclopedia” mega-site written and edited by its users, entirely locked Obama’s page so that only top editors could make changes to the entry – and only if a change is supported by a consensus of editors. A perusal through Obama’s Wikipedia entry yesterday found a heavily guar...

Ultra-Orthodox Press Digitally Erases Women From Images (IF --Hillary becomes U.S. President... how while they show her? A blank spot surrounded by bodyguards & sharp-shooters?) by Neta Sela So how many members were there on the Winograd Commission? A prominent ultra-Orthodox website, www.ladaat.net, chose Thursday to digitally erase the image of Winograd Commission member, Professor Ruth Gavison, from their coverage of the commission’s report. What is seemingly a simple Photoshop function translates into a very thorny dilemma for the haredi print and internet media. On the one hand ultra-Orthodox papers and websites strive to cover all newsworthy events in the best manner possible. On the other hand, the haredi media is still considerably wary of publishing women’s photographs, even when the women in question play central and prominent roles in newsworthy events. The ultra-Orthodox press, bound by strict laws regarding modesty which demand that women be obscured to the greatest e...