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Whoppertime ◴[] 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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tim333 ◴[] No.45137668[source]
>If you ask it about anything political it's going to be from a certain slant

I'm not sure if there's anything else out there that's better at giving a fairly neutral summary of political controversies?

It reminds me of the Churchill quote "democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…"

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voldacar ◴[] No.45142927[source]
A quantitative look which might interest you:

https://davidrozado.substack.com/p/is-wikipedia-politically-...

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1. sethherr ◴[] No.45143627{3}[source]
The article address this very criticism