Wikipedia

Newsroom 2x08 Wikipedia Clip

Hey, MacKenzie, I didn't realize that 

you were president of the Oxford Union.

You had to have been one of the first women presidents, right?

Cambridge. 

I'm sorry?

I was President of The Cambridge Union.

Oh. Uh-oh. Sorry. 

That was Wikipedia.

Wikipedia says I went to Oxford?

I think I'm remembering right. 

Will McAvoy :

Mac. You're pitching A Perfect Game. 

Let this one go.

You don't think I can let it go?

Will McAvoy :

I wasn't challenging you.

Oh, I'll let it go.

Either way, it's a big honour.

Yes, though not either way. 

Just one way.

Right.

Okay.

- Can I see you when you're done? - Sure.

- Gary signed your book. - Here's the thing.

You wanted me?

I just wanted to check in on the site.

We're doing fine. 

Everybody's doing fine.

Except Sloan who's flipping out 

because somebody bought her book

at the Sandy auction on Sunday 

and it wasn't really signed by her.

It's funny the things people try to control

when they feel like they're not in control.

I wasn't really listening.

I need you to change my Wikipedia page.

Sure.

I checked and for some reason, it says 

I was President of the Oxford Union.

Weren't you? 

No. I went to Cambridge. 

Right. I knew that.

Do you know who else went to Cambridge?

John Milton, Charles Darwin,

Jane Goodall, Alan Turing,

E.M. Forster, Stephen Hawking,

The King of Jordan, Prime Minister of India,

and three signatories to the Declaration of Independence.

Will McAvoy :

Mac, I wonder if you can switch me off.

You're screaming names of smart people in my ear.

Sorry. 

Will McAvoy :

They teach you that at Oxford?

So you'll get that fixed? 

Yeah.

 Mac. In here.

Did you change it?

I did.

Thank you. 

And They changed it back.

What do you mean they changed it back?

The original creator, the page administrator,

reviewed and denied the changes.

Why?

Because... Because... 

Why? Why did they do that?

Well, I e-mailed him and explained who I was, 

that you were my boss and that you have 

an expert understanding of where you did 

and didn't go to school,

and I got a very quick reply. 

Saying?

"It's Wikipedia's policy not to use information

that comes directly from the source of the article."

Say that again? 

"It's Wikipedia's...

Can't anyone edit a page? 

Yes. Except you.

So they won't allow firsthand information? 

No.

Seems sort of counterintuitive, doesn't it?

I know how you feel. 

I don't think you do.

Because no one's out there saying you were 

President of The Oxford Union

when you were 

President of The Cambridge Union,

The Greatest Debating Society 

in the history of The fucking Kingdom.

And that Kingdom's been around a long time. 

Don't I know it.

I don't even know if that was a sarcastic

geopolitical reference to colonialism or not.

It wasn't.

Good.

Good, 'cause, Neal, this is it.

We're gonna get this right. 

And I'll tell you why.

Because.

Mac, I get it.

And I'm gonna get it fixed.

Thank you. Ruling India was wrong.

It's a little late... 

I know.