Info about President Obama was added to the online bios of recent presidents, including Ronald Reagan
WASHINGTON -- The Obama White House is drawing ridicule for appending the official online biographies of nearly every president over the last century, in order to link President Barack Obama's accomplishments to the former commanders-in-chief.
The White House defended itself, saying, "No biographies have been altered. We simply added links at the bottom of each page to related whitehouse.gov content, which is a commonly used best practice to encourage people to browse more pages on a site."
The additions do include links, but each one touts an Obama administration policy or practice in the process.
Conservative blogs and publications ripped the White House for the move, even starting a Twitter hashtag #ObamaInHistory to mock him.
The Republican National Committee launched a Tumblr page called "Obama in History -- World Changing Events You Didn't Know Obama Played A Part In," which goes on to show pictures of Obama standing with historical figures ranging from Einstein to Elvis to The Beatles. It also shows Obama at the Berlin Wall and Stonehenge.
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