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December 2011
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John Defterios
Please refrain from editing the John Defterios page if you have a close connection to the subject. Even the top-tiered anchors at CNN can't be bothered to puff themselves up on Wikipedia. Based on your recent edits, it is clear that you possess obscure, resumé-like information about Defterios' career that the public does not. I shall nitpick and document the additions to the article you added that are not supported by the source cited:
 * 1) "Defterios started as an intern at CNN in 1983 working in the sports department of the nascent network. In that role, he covered the National League Championship Series, the NBA finals and preparations for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics." – mention of sports, NLCS, NBA, 1984 Olympics nowhere to be found in 
 * 2) "Defterios started his broadcast career as Washington producer for the Nightly Business Report on PBS-TV, covering Capitol Hill, the White House and the United States Department of Treasury for this nationally distributed program." – mention of Capitol Hill, WH & Treasury nowhere to be found in 
 * 3) "In 1986, Defterios became national special series producer covering the United States, Mexico and Canada." – "national special series producer" nowhere to be found in 
 * 4) "In 1988, Defterios served as European Correspondent and Bureau Chief based in London, managing the editorial joint-venture with Reuters Television. In that post, Defterios covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Monetary Union, first German elections after unification and the creation of the single European market." – no mention of German election, single European market in 
 * 5) "Defterios was also West Coast Correspondent for Reuters TV and Nightly Business Report based in Los Angeles where he covered the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the trial of Charles Keating." – no mention of Keating in 
 * 6) "Defterios became part-time President of FBC in 2008 and served in that role until March 2011." – this was cited:, it's insulting, really.

Trying to present #6 as a fact is blatant POV in favor of Defterios as this is disputed by The Independent and Sarawak Report  with neutral reporting by Politico. Defterios' supposed March 2011 resignation was not made public and by most accounts (except CNN of course) his name was only removed from the FBC board after the scandal broke. Which explains why this edit by User:JohnKD which removed his association with FBC in June 2011 likely proves that JohnKD is closely connected to Defterios, or is Defterios himself.

This edit by User:Jkdefterios is puffery and promotion, likely by someone closely connected to Defterios, or is Defterios himself.

There is a trend of self aggrandizement in the history of this article, coupled with attempts at censorship by now-banned users: User:Stevensangles, User:Pellsbeam and deceptively playing both sides: User:Ilksrun. Pellsbeam has also attempted to negatively influence the Clare Rewcastle Brown article, someone who has been hammering away at Defterios for getting paid Malaysian taxpayer money to screw native Sarawakians.

And regarding Defterios' middle name, it's either Kosta or Costa. Judging from Defterios' surrogates (or sockpuppets of himself) User:JohnKD & User:Jkdefterios, I think I know which one it is.

Can you declare publicly that you are not connected to John Defterios, User:JohnKD and User:Jkdefterios in any way? — Yk Yk Yk  talk ~ contrib 01:56, 20 December 2011 (UTC)