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"Stalin (1924-1953) was a criminal, terrorist and superspreader of misinformation who promoted economic illiteracy and conspiracy theories about the USA."

• The_Colonel 3y ago
  Stalin wasn't sentenced by a court (if you ignore the Czarist time which is very far from being the most important fact), so Wikipedia can't really call him "criminal". Not sure what you mean by "terrorist" - his activity during Czarism might qualify, but it's again very far from being his most important activity. Equally, I'm not sure what is meant by the other claims. Maybe they are true in some sense, but again, they are just minor aspects of one of the most important persons of the 20th century.
  • nvm0n2 3y ago
    RFK Jr is running for President, that would be the most important thing to know about him and yet Wikipedia does not see fit to mention it in the first sentence.
    • The_Colonel 3y ago
      Well, that's literally in the second sentence.
      • explaininjs 3y ago
        The stalin article doesn’t bother to mention the tens of millions of deaths associated with his beliefs/policies until the absolute last sentence of the main body section, whereas the RFK article finds the need to say “we the editors found some scientists who disagree with these views, and we think you need to know about it!” in sentence number one. And of course for every “source” they provide, another exists with equal credibility saying the opposite.