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598 points leotravis10 | 2 comments | 04 Sep 25 15:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Whoppertime ◴[04 Sep 25 21:02 UTC] No.45132149[source]▶
Wikipedia is a good source for certain kinds of information. If you ask it about anything political it's going to be from a certain slant and the most informative part of the page will be the Talk page which explains what people would like on the page that isn't there, or shouldn't be on the page but is
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savef ◴[04 Sep 25 21:07 UTC] No.45132192[source]▶
What examples of this are there? I've usually found Wikipedia to be quite equal opportunity, well rounded, and factual.

They have their NPOV[1] policy, and seem impressively unbiased to me, given the various divisive situations they have to try to cover.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_v...

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krmboya ◴[05 Sep 25 02:49 UTC] No.45134544[source]▶
The editors mostly reference left-leaning media outlets when it comes to political topics, without providing a counterbalance from right-leaning sources, assuming it were a truth-seeking endeavor.

As a non American this is very obvious to me.

Even Reuters that was supposedly meant to be a non-biased media outlet is clearly left-leaning at this point

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1. generic92034 ◴[05 Sep 25 07:42 UTC] No.45135990[source]▶
If you succeed in moving the overton window to the right, formerly "neutral" media outlets now appear to be left-leaning.
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2. justin66 ◴[05 Sep 25 13:02 UTC] No.45138046[source]▶
This comment was downvoted and I honestly can't understand why. Given the way people use political terminology with reference to media bias, it's certainly true.

I've been guilty of pointing out that the US doesn't really have a left wing, according to the textbook definitions of things, but that's not how people usually talk. People really are talking about the median when they say "politically neutral," even if they shouldn't.

And here's the point: the median can certainly shift as the number of media sources shifts, or if you prefer, as the culture shifts.