"Both statements are accurate. They're also pretty meaningless, possibly misleading." -- Eric Haas, Alternet

Words Eric Haas of AlterNet investigates how companies are changing their Wikipedia entries to provide a more positive impression of themselves: "White washing is where someone replaces negative or neutral adjectives -- words or phrases -- with more positive synonyms. Here's an example of the conundrum that white washing creates for the idea that one can achieve truth through neutrality derived from facts. In May 2005, someone at a Wal-Mart IP address changed a sentence in the Wal-Mart entry about employee wages."