G'day John,
But if there is no published criticism of the nun, it
certainly would
not be POV to exclude the (obviously unsourced) criticism, no? NPOV is
about representing all the different POVs about a subject without
favouring any of them. If it so happens that there is only one
(published) POV of a subject, then representing only that POV would be
neutral, no? :-{
I disagree with your characterisation of NPOV. What you've described is
not neutrality, but "journalistic balance" --- represent all points of
view, no matter how batshit, equally, favouring none. Balance is the
friend of liars and frauds everywhere.
We strive to be neutral, and *truthful*. That means we must give
different points of view different weight. If Lyndon LaRouche says he's
one of the most important politicians in the world, but everyone else
thinks he's a dangerous lunatic quietly building himself a cult, we
should not be giving the two opinions equal time.
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