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> since when wikipedia is biased Since the first article hit the site which clearly showed off the personal bias of the author. Then since the first article wa
by the_third_wave 3y ago
> since when wikipedia is biased
Since the first article hit the site which clearly showed off the personal bias of the author. Then since the first article was edited by a group of like-minded editors who approved of each others edits but were vigilant in keeping other opinions off the page. These groups of editors come in different flavours ranging from ideologically driven [1] - these control the narrative on pages related to politics and politically sensitive topics like SARS2 and "Climate" - to commercially employed to keep unwanted narratives off certain pages.
> and why EB isn't?
Who says that Encyclopedia Britannica is not biased? They are to a certain (although lesser) extent, they just happen to be differently biased. That is where my remark on the value of diversity of opinion comes in.
[1] https://thecritic.co.uk/the-left-wing-bias-of-wikipedia/ https://thecritic.co.uk/the-left-wing-bias-of-wikipedia/