{"id":583923,"date":"2021-07-06T13:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583923"},"modified":"2021-07-06T13:06:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T17:06:32","slug":"wikipedia-co-founder-says-site-is-more-one-sided-than-ever-only-globalist-and-progressive-sources-are-permitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikipedia-co-founder-says-site-is-more-one-sided-than-ever-only-globalist-and-progressive-sources-are-permitted\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia Co-Founder Says Site Is \u2018More One-Sided Than Ever,\u2019 Only \u2018Globalist\u2019 And \u2018Progressive\u2019 Sources Are Permitted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwikipedia-co-founder-says-site-is-more-one-sided-than-ever-only-globalist-and-progressive-sources-are-permitted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583923&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1296469699-e1625586652564.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Following a broad range of contentious and controversial events \u2014 such as Black Lives Matter riots, the 2020 election, and the impeachment(s) of former President Donald Trump \u2014 the online encyclopedia \u201cWikipedia\u201d has become \u201cmore one-sided than ever,\u201d according to its co-founder, Larry Sanger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sanger began a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/larrysanger.org\/2021\/06\/wikipedia-is-more-one-sided-than-ever\/\"><span>blog post<\/span><\/a><span> titled, \u201cWikipedia Is More One-Sided Than Ever,\u201d by discussing the website\u2019s pursuit of \u201cneutrality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>But what does \u2018neutral\u2019 mean?\u201d Sanger wrote. \u201cThis is easy to misunderstand; many people think it means the same as \u2018objective.\u2019 But neutrality is not the same as objectivity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf an encyclopedia is neutral about political, scientific, and religious controversies \u2014 the issues that define the ongoing culture war \u2014 then you will find competing sides represented carefully and respectfully, even if one side is \u2018objectively\u2019 wrong,\u201d Sanger continued. \u201cFrom a truly neutral article, you would learn why, on a whole variety of issues, conservatives believe one thing, while progressives believe another thing. And then you would be able to make up your own mind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sanger then listed \u201cfour of the biggest political issues\u201d in the United States \u2014 Trump\u2019s impeachments, Biden\u2019s scandals, the Antifa and BLM riots, and alleged election irregularities \u2014 which demonstrated that Wikipedia fails to meet this definition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese contentious issues are exactly where we should expect to see fair treatment of \u2018alternative\u2019 views on Wikipedia,\u201d Sanger wrote in the post\u2019s conclusion. \u201cBut we do not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sanger stated that \u201cWikipedia openly repudiates neutrality,\u201d and is, therefore \u201cshamelessly hypocritical in how it continues to pay lip service to its <\/span>\u2018neutral point of view\u2019 policy<span>.\u201d Sanger accused Wikipedia\u2019s editors of sometimes embracing their biases \u201cso fervently that their articles emerge more as propaganda than as reference material.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sanger then also pointed out that some \u201cconservative\u201d stories which only receive focus from certain outlets remain censored from Wikipedia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA lot of mainstream news stories are broken <\/span><i><span>only <\/span><\/i><span>in Fox News, the <\/span><i><span>Daily Mail,<\/span><\/i><span> and the <\/span><i><span>New York Post \u2014 <\/span><\/i><span>all of which are <\/span>banned<span> from use as sources by Wikipedia,\u201d Sanger wrote. \u201cBeyond that, many mainstream sources of conservative, libertarian, or contrarian opinion are banned from Wikipedia as well, including <em>Quillette<\/em>, <\/span><i><span>The Federalist,<\/span><\/i><span> and the <\/span><i><span>Daily Caller.<\/span><\/i><span> Those might be contrarian or conservative, but they are hardly \u2018radical\u2019; they are still mainstream. So, how on earth can such viewpoints ever be given an airing on Wikipedia? Answer: often, they cannot, not if there are no \u2018reliable sources\u2019 available to report about them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn short, and with few exceptions, only globalist, progressive mainstream sources \u2014 and sources friendly to globalist progressivism \u2014 are permitted,\u201d Sanger said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sanger concluded by arguing that \u201cit is not too far to say that Wikipedia, like many other deeply biased institutions of our brave new digital world, has made itself into a kind of thought police that has <\/span><i><span>de facto<\/span><\/i><span> shackled conservative viewpoints with which they disagree.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDemocracy cannot thrive under such conditions: I maintain that Wikipedia has become an opponent of vigorous democracy,\u201d Sanger argued. \u201cDemocracy <\/span><i><span>requires<\/span><\/i><span> that voters be given the full range of views on controversial issues so that they can make up their minds for themselves. If society\u2019s main information sources march in ideological lockstep, they make a mockery of democracy. Then the wealthy and powerful need only gain control of the few approved organs of acceptable thought; then they will be able to manipulate and ultimately control all-important political dialogue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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