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Evidence of political bias in English-language Wikipedia articles
- pavel_lishin 2y agoTo quote Stephen Colbert, "reality has a well-known liberal bias."
- pavel_lishin 2y agoRelated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40788641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40788641
- techostritch 2y agoOne potential flaw that I see in this study is that I think Republican strategy has changed from a strategy of positive sentiment to a strategy of negative sentiment. I notice that Ronald Reagan rates highly here, which doesn't surprise me since Reagan is known for his "morning in America" campaign, he was optimistic to a fault. It's not surprising to see George W Bush so low, because I think both sides have turned against George Bushes neo-conservative interventionism, and Trump, regardless of how you evaluate his policies or leadership is a negative sentiment machine. Trump is the anti-Reagen in terms of his approach, and in general I would say the Republican strategy of the past decades has been oriented around a more negative sentiment. So yeah, maybe a different methodology is required or something that takes this into account? How do you cover Trump in a fair way without including words that bias towards a negative sentiment? Without ever quoting him?