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TLDR: you see, vetting sources by their track record, peer review, and overall methodology is biased! (Against false beliefs). Sources about "alternative medic
by logicprog 4y ago
TLDR: you see, vetting sources by their track record, peer review, and overall methodology is biased! (Against false beliefs).
Sources about "alternative medicine" like homeopathy aren't excluded because they're shitty improperly vetted BS that don't have any good methodology or reproducibility, it's because there's a secret Cabal of Wiki Editors that wants to hide the truth from you.
Right wing news sources are excluded not because they're universally and consistently objectively worse at factual reporting, but because there's a leftist agenda on the part of the Cabal of Wiki Editors (also apparently NYT and CNN are fucking leftist lmfao).
Strictly traditional religious sources are excluded on factual matters like history and anthropology relating to religions not because they're inherently going to be biased because most of them sign faith statements, and classical religious figures are excluded not because they're centuries out of date, but because the Cabal of Wiki Editors is biased towards atheism!
- olivermuty 4y agoGreat sarcastic reply! I am amazed at the cognitive dissonance required to get to the worldview of the poster you replied to.
- _gabe_ 4y ago> also apparently NYT and CNN are fucking leftist lmfao I can't tell if this is part of the sarcasm or not. Do people genuinely believe that CNN is not a leftist organization? According to Pewresearch, 50% of CNN viewers consider themselves democrats as opposed to 40% of viewers of Fox considering themselves republican[0]. Additionally, 30% of viewers of CNN consider themselves liberal, and 30% consider themselves moderate. As opposed to 60% of viewers of Fox considering themselves conservatives. I don't know of anybody that tries to argue that Fox isn't right wing, but it always baffles me when people claim CNN isn't left wing... I completely missed the NYT on there too. But in the same panel it shows that 44% of readers are Democrat and 36% consider themselves liberal. Whereas only 13% of the readers are republican and 22% are conservative. Take of that what you will. [0]: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2012/09/27/section-4-demographics-and-political-views-of-news-audiences/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2012/09/27/section-4-de...
- jjeaff 4y agoI'm sure they are referring to the fact that while NYT and CNN are certainly left of Fox News, they are not really leftist according to the actual definition of the word. With Joe Biden being right of center and Bernie Sanders only slightly left of center.
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- cycomanic 4y agoI really hate how US politics in the minds of so many has distorted the overall view of the political spectrum and completely destroyed political discourse. Like the democratic party is to the right of many Conservative parties in Western democracies, but if you listen to Fox News commentators or republican politicians, people like Biden are just a slither away from being a soviet apperatchik.