anbody that relies on wikipedia for information is a fool new york daily news rush molloy mar homeautosreal estatejobsclassifiedsshopbuy ticketscontests loginregister tab newssportsgossipgatecrasherrush molloycelebrity photosfashionoscarsentertainmentlocalopinionslifestylemoneytech guidelatinovideoblogsall sections tom brokaw a rogue on wacky pedia sunday march th am jacobs getty debate moderator tom brokaw talks prior to the town hall presidential debate at belmont university's curb event center related news articles celebrity side dish john malkovich brushes bernie madoff off of his shoulders tom hanks' films are helping us 'buck' up through tough times he s one of journalism s most beloved and respected men but someone appears to have it in for tom brokaw look up the former nbc news anchor on wikipedia and you ll find a review of his emmy winning reports his best selling books his honorary degrees until recently you also would have found this sentence he had been married to meredith lynn auld a former miss south dakota and author from until when an alleged affair between brokaw and diane sawyer ended their marriage the brokaws marriage is very much intact a google image search shows them arm in arm at events throughout and likewise abc news sawyer remains happily married to director mike nichols a rep for brokaw said he burst out laughing when he heard about the supposed affair contacted in the arctic reaches of finland sawyer sent back word through her rep that as cute as tom is she laughed so hard she nearly fell off the icebreaker she s traveling on the purported affair anonymously added to brokaw s bio on feb was deleted after five days wikipedia foundation spokesman jay walsh tells us the post would constitute a vandal edit but doubted the vandal could be found it s an open system says walsh people may use it to exert their views but the biographies of living people are most scrutinized by our volunteer editors it s incumbent on the wikipedia foundation to make sure they re accurate walsh surmised that someone with some agenda was behind the post or maybe there s more than one person clicking on the discussion page of brokaw s bio reveals attempts to slip in digs about his accent and personality wiki watchdogs rejected the insults though not the unflattering picture of the newsman which reminded one reader of clint eastwood saying do you feel lucky punk the effort to smear brokaw recalls the anonymous wiki attack in on former assistant attorney general john seigenthaler sr who it was falsely claimed masterminded the assassinations of both john and bobby kennedy brokaw isn t the only newsman targeted by wiki vandals some of our correspondents have stalkers who constantly post falsehoods says a source at another network news department we ve had wikipedia block posts from repeat offenders but the unflappable brokaw isn t calling for any investigations through his rep he said this is beneath comment previous page next page ads by yahoo make per month read how i earn over month putting links into google clint eastwood diet i lost lbs by following the diet rule clint eastwood uses clint eastwood gossip photos and news secret clint eastwood photos gossip news and more secrethollywoodgossip com email print rss share yahoo buzz digg stumbleupon facebook see all share links discuss this article comments see all comments discussion guidelines to post comments register or log in click here to see all comments or to report abuse discuss email print share tom brokaw a rogue on wacky pedia tom hanks' films are helping us 'buck' up through tough times celebrity side dish john malkovich brushes bernie madoff off of his shoulders view all on one page related articles related topics wnbc goes digital in big news update the closer brokaw's swath team cuts across america inner tube montel heading to air america today's top picks video chaos at 'top model' audition pandemonium erupted outside of an america's next top model casting call in midtown saturday warrant issued for lohan's arrest starlet lindsay lohan is wanted by police over a two year old drunken driving arrest what bernie and ruth made off with court papers filed friday reveal bernie is worth million and show just how high on