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An “occasional artefact of factors [like] bias, circular reasoning, gatekeeping, etc” is not even close to anything which anyone could reasonably call a “Minist
by teddyh 4y ago
An “occasional artefact of factors [like] bias, circular reasoning, gatekeeping, etc” is not even close to anything which anyone could reasonably call a “Ministry of Truth”, and it is certainly not what I was referring to.
- mellosouls 4y agoIf that artefact presents as keeping certain subjects or articles within the bias of the dominant group, it is pretty much controlling "truth" in that way. But, yes, I don't think Wikipedia has a shadowy board of Cigarette Smoking Men or anything. But there are other entities that seem to do a reasonably good job of being impartial (e.g. BBC), I just don't buy the idea that Wikipedia is very special (or especially effective) in regard to neutrality.