It's more ammunition for everyone else's distrust and fear of our community and organizational motives.
Are there any actual reasons to believe that such distrust and fear exists apart from those upset about being on the losing end of some Wikipedia content dispute?
Surely you haven't missed the spectrum of external criticism of Wikipedia which in no small part claims we have a left bias.
We get the exact same thing from both sides:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/wikipedia-accused-of-us-centric-bias-3039292772...
http://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com/2012/05/how-right-wingers-took-over-wiki...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-battle-for-wikipedia/
Do you think the side vociferously opposed to scientific consensus makes the more compelling case?