Case file
Pete Newbon
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism”. Today it says “british academic”. "antisemitism" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2023. Today: absent from the opening.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Peter Jonathan Hewitt Newbon (1983 – 15 January 2022) was a British Jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism .1 At the time of his death, he was a lecturer in Romantic and Victorian literature at Northumbria University and a director of Labour Against Antisemitism.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism”. Today it says “british academic”. "antisemitism" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2023. Today: absent from the opening. Read the current article and compare.
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| antisemitism | 1 | 0 |
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Then
british jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism
Now
british academic
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