Congressional Staffers Alter Members' Bios On Wikipedia

WASHINGTON — Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor "smells of cow dung." Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is "ineffective." And U.S. Rep. Martin Meehan never promised to surrender his seat in 2000.

Those assertions were inserted into the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia by congressional House staffers, who executed at least 1,000 changes in the past six months to entries on an array of topics — from biographical changes to facial dimples.