On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:26 PM, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Ian Woollard
<ian.woollard(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 13/10/2010, George Herbert
<george.herbert(a)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.