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Whitewash (censorship)
To whitewash is a metaphor meaning "to gloss over or cover up vices, crimes or scandals or to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data".〔"Whitewash", Encyclopædia Britannica, 2003 DVD Ultimate reference suite.〕 It is especially used in the context of corporations, governments or other organizations.
==Etymology==
The reference is taken from the biblical account found in Matthew (23:27 ). During a tirade against the religious elite in Jerusalem Jesus Christ accuses those authorities of nominal piety, saying, "Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness.”
A later reference dates this term to 1591.〔 Whitewash is a cheap white paint or coating of chalked lime used to quickly give a uniform clean appearance to a wide variety of surfaces, for instance, the entire interior of a barn. In 1800, the word was used in a political context, when a Philadelphia ''Aurora'' editorial said that "if you do not whitewash President Adams speedily, the Democrats, like swarms of flies, will bespatter him all over, and make you both as speckled as a dirty wall, and as black as the devil."〔Philadelphia ''Aurora'' (July 21, 1800), cited in the ''New World Encyclopedia''〕
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