[WikiEN-l] Neal Horsley explains: "Why I Am Suing Wikipedia "

[Chip Berlet]

Neal Horsley explains:  "Why I Am Suing Wikipedia "

    

 

Dateline March 28, 2006

    

   Wikipedia, the online "encyclopedia," has for at least two years  

   contained an extensive article about me.  For those of  you not  

   familiar with Wikipedia, it is becoming a primary Internet research  

   source, accessed by millions of people looking for the "facts"  

   concerning all aspects of reality.  

    

   Search Wikipedia for Neal Horsley and you will see the article.  

    

   The article contains a libelous accusation that I advocate terrorism.  

   Obviously such an accusation at a time when this nation is fighting a  

   War Against Terrorism can lead to fatal consequences, not only for  

   myself but for those near me.  

    

   I have tried over the last few months to get the Wikipedia  

   organization to delete the libelous accusation.   The Wikipedia staff  

   ignored me.  Yesterday I posted the following statement in the  

   "Discussion" section of the article:  

    

   "The content of this article is not only patently false on numerous  

   details of fact (for example I was born in Bremen not Bowdon, Georgia;  

   I was in the USAF, not the Army), but contains libel per se when it  

   accuses me of advocating terrorism. I have on two occasions contacted  

   Wikipedia and told them to remove the libelous statement. I have been  

   ignored.  

 

   It is a matter of public record that in the recent past, I spent over  

   three years suing Planned Parenthood, NOW, and Geraldo Rivera when  

   they libelously accused me of assassinating the abortionist Barnett  

   Slepian. Even though I lost, it cost the various parties well over  

   $1,000,000 to deal with the litigation.  

 

   Wikipedia and the authors of the libelous statements on this  

   "encyclopedia" should prepare to deal with the same process unless  

   they retract the libelous accusation that I have advocated terrorism.  

   I will give them (whether the "them" be Wikipedia staff or the lying  

   author of the article about me) two weeks to get that statement out of  

   this article. If it is still there in two weeks from March 27, 2006, I  

   will initiate a defamation complaint in federal court.  

    

   Neal Horsley

    

   Whether Wikipedia is allowed to contain patently false libel per se  

   against me will determine whether others can be so treated.  Given  

   Wikipedia's growing influence in this world, unless Wikipedia is  

   forced to monitor its content for factual accuracy, the online  

   "encyclopedia" becomes a dangerous tool of confusion disseminating  

   falsehoods across the globe.  The Spirit of Truth moves to combat such  

   vessels, and those who follow Him help.  

    

   One way you can help is to email all your local news outlets about the  

   threatened litigation against Wikipedia.  

    

   Over the past year or so there has been a fairly extensive media  

   coverage of Wikipedia and the news media--local, national and  

   international--will be interested in what is happening here.  While  

   they will probably not cover this phase of the story, they will  

   certainly want to know what is happening.  I don't have a current  

   world media email list, so your help in contacting your local media  

   will provide that service.  

    

   I will keep you posted as this situation progresses.  

    

   Neal  

 

 

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