On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM, George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ian Woollard <ian.wooll...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On 13/10/2010, George Herbert <george.herb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am concerned not so much with the specifics they are pointing out, > >> but at a general trend that we may include more negatives about > >> conservative positions and people than about liberal positions and > >> people, which would be worth some statistical analysis. > > > > The problem is that a good encyclopedia, such as the Wikipedia, tries > > to reflect reality and truth. > > > > But reality and truth... have a well known liberal bias. > > That's the second such reply, and it's a little disappointing. > > I want the encyclopedia to accurately and fairly represent things I > personally disagree with, as well as the ones I agree with. The > assumption that some bias is ok because "we're right" ... is Wrong. > It's a fundamental failure of NPOV. > > "Reality has a liberal bias" doesn't mean that liberals are right. Rather, it means that any attempt to represent reality will, in the eyes of American conservatives, amount to displaying a liberal bias. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
