A right-wing pundit has been caught red-handed manufacturing controversy after claiming US President Barack Obama's Wikipedia page was being whitewashed, in a scandal that fooled big news outlets including Fox News.

Aaron Klein, the Jerusalem bureau chief at online news publication WorldNetDaily (WND), reported that Obama's Wikipedia entry was far too positive and did not mention his claimed links with controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright and "Weatherman terrorist" Bill Ayers.

The entry also did not mention concerns surrounding Obama's eligibility to serve as US commander-in-chief due to an alleged lack of proof that he was born in the US, Klein said. But Klein neglected to mention that there was an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to the Obama citizenship claims.