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Pretty much every political or corporate sensitive topic has heavy bias. Even biology related topics are subject to external pressure from journalists, politici
by gabbygab 8y ago
Pretty much every political or corporate sensitive topic has heavy bias. Even biology related topics are subject to external pressure from journalists, politicians and activists. There have been huge fights over how fetus, gender, sex, etc are defined on wikipedia.
And it isn't just wikipedia, it's all of social media and pretty much all of the internet. From silly nonsense like movie reviews to serious matter like war footage, if it has political or financial impact, it is subject to heavy censorship and bias.
- umvi 8y agoReminds me of when Bradley Manning's wiki page turned to Chelsea Manning within seconds of the announcement. It was unreal. It was like there were an army of activists ready to pounce as soon as the announcement was made and the article was quickly locked. I've seen other, more important, news take much longer to update (hours) on their main pages.
- tim333 8y agoThe way Wikipedia works you don't need an army of activists - just one enthusiast to edit it. The important news probably took longer because no one was very interested. That's how it works with volunteers.
- andrepd 8y agoRunning s/Bradley/Chelsea and s/he/she probably takes significantly less effort than writing on the latest news.
- tim333 8y agoNot just the internet but human culture throughout history basically.
- tivert 8y ago> Even biology related topics are subject to external pressure from journalists, politicians and activists. One of these things is not like the other...