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>The political bias of wikipedia editors There is the problem of sourcing. Per the Wikipedia's policies[0], any contributions must be grounded in reliable sour
by dexen 7y ago
>The political bias of wikipedia editors
There is the problem of sourcing. Per the Wikipedia's policies[0], any contributions must be grounded in reliable sources, which in case of recent events boils down to big name news publications. Given that most of the big name media seems to gravitate towards either progressive, or socialist views, the contributions are likely to end up with a derived slant.
The other aspect is notable in cases of a conflict between the netizens (or generally the consumers) and the media[1], where Wikipedia is self-bound to side with the media's reporting on themselves. As far as I can tell, Wikipedia has no provision for resolution of this conflict of interest.
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[0] "If no reliable sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources
[1] terribly sorry about bringing up the specter of echo Tnzretngr pbagebirefl | rot13 in 2020