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Fri Jan 30 21:38:14 UTC 2004

Surely every news source has its biases. I don't see how we Wikipedians
would (or could) ever be able to agree that any particular newspaper was
"really telling the truth", given that we Wikipedians also have our
biases.

One thinks the Guardian or the New York Times is "objective,
truth-based, etc." while another condemns both as hopelessly entrenched
bastions of liberal bias.

How do we each decide which news source to trust? If you're like me, you
probably measure the reliability of a source in terms of how much of its
"news" agrees with what you already "know".

If you're a fan of socialism, and "his" source criticizes socialism,
then obviously that source is biased. If you're a US Republican, and
"her" source criticizes Bush, then obviously, etc.

Larry and Jimbo wisely crafted the Neutral Point of View formula as the
only workable way to deal with this mess, and it seems to be holding up
rather well.

Uncle Ed