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It's not a committee, it's not arbitrary, and "arbitrary" and "subjective" mean two very different things. Reliability from a fact-checking perspective is a pr
by wpietri 3y ago
It's not a committee, it's not arbitrary, and "arbitrary" and "subjective" mean two very different things.
Reliability from a fact-checking perspective is a pretty specific thing, and a thing that is vital to Wikipedia as an open-source, anyone-can-edit encyclopedia. This can correlate with political views in particular times and places, but does not broadly correlate with either left or right. E.g., after the Russian revolution, we saw the left using Pravda as a vehicle to "indoctrinate" and "encourage unity of thought". [1] But a significant part of the current US right has frequently taken the approach of "flooding the zone with shit" [2].
[1] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pravda https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pravda
[2] https://www.google.com/search?q=flood+the+zone+with+shit https://www.google.com/search?q=flood+the+zone+with+shit