Crime & Safety
Spokesman Scrubbed Mark Lindquist's Wikipedia Page: Report
The Pierce County Prosecutor's spokesman told the News Tribune he wanted to balance the information on Mark Lindquist's page.
TACOMA, WA - A spokesman for the Pierce County Prosecutor has admitted to editing his boss's Facebook page, removing links that pointed to negative news coverage of Mark Lindquist, according to the Tacoma News Tribune.
Lindquist spokesman James Lynch told the News Tribune he removed the links to bring balance the page, which he called "heavily weighted in the negative." The links pointed to articles by the Seattle Times, local TV, and the News Tribune.
When you Google Lindquist's name, the first hit that appears is his Wikipedia page. The third hit is a News Tribune story from 2017 about the Washington State Bar Association recommending the suspension of Lindquist's law license.
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Wikipedia is free for anyone to edit, but devoted volunteers monitor pages for false or misleading information. Lynch's edits have been reversed, and he was banned from editing on Wikipedia, according to the News Tribune. Lynch made the edits in March.
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