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wikipediasuckscoop@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias

www.nbcpalmsprings.com

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House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia Over Alleged Bias

www.nbcpalmsprings.com

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Wikipedia, one of the world's most-visited websites, allows users to edit most articles, making content moderation an ongoing challenge for the platform.
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    “Stop accurately documenting my actual behavior!” - House Repugnicans

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    It’s funny, because they clearly have the idea in their head that Wikipedia is a single organization capable of an ideological bias. When if you take a single look at some talk pages, it would become clear very quickly that Wikipedia is built on people vociferously disagreeing and bringing sources to make the information presented ever more credible and unbiased.

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      Wikipedia is built on people vociferously disagreeing and bringing sources to make the information presented ever more credible and unbiased.

      Yeah, that’s why they are upset with it.

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    I remember a time when telling the truth wasn’t considered bias by the Republican party. It was the same time when, “conservative speech” didn’t mean lies, misinformation, and hate speech.

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      Must have been a glorious three minutes.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      You can? I certainly cannot.

      • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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        Pre-Reagan

        • Giblet2708@lemmy.sdf.org
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          I’d have to say pre-Nixon

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          • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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            Back in they day when being a Republican meant more than obstructionism and authoritarianism.

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      Yeah, but Lincoln is dead.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    Calling out Republicans for lies and antidemocratic behavior is not “bias”.

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    We’re investigating private companies for bias now? Are Truth Social and Fox News next??

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    Reality has a known liberal bias.

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      They’d investigate reality, but that’d be science, which they are opposed to.

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    I mean, we all know that reality has a well known liberal bias…

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    The answer to any bias in Wikipedia is to cite more verifiable sources, use better sound reasoning and update when newer evidence is found.

    The answer is probably not the wishful thinking of one of USA’s unrepresentative main parties. To learn about public misrepresentation in government check out a page from Wikipedia.

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      They don’t accept verifiable sources. A hundred peer reviewed papers don’t weigh up against a single dissenting voice if that one voice agrees with their views.

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        How often?

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    These assholes are a drain on society.

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    I know a lot of private companies with bias… WTF

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    Even if it was biased: so fucking what? Freedom of speech means they can do jack shit about that anyway.

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    Anything that does not fall in line with our propaganda machine is biased or lying!!

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    They continue to do nothing but oppress and waste (steal) money

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      Republican leaders are leeches that society would be better off without

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        Yup, they need to just drop dead

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    No they aren’t. House republicans can’t read. They will just say it’s biased and try to force it further right from wherever it currently is without checking.

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    Science and history also has a bias that being people like them are wrong

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