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Unbiased = Confirming my biases (lemmy.ml)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources

You can notice a bias towards the state media from pro-capitalist regimes from the above.

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[–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Idk, I've learned a tremendous amount about things outside my culture... because of wikipedia. Don't let perfection be the enemy of good?

Edit: I apologize that my comment derailed from the conversation of Wikipedia having inherent and abundant Western bias... the fact that VOA is considered reputable is enough to turn heads. What I guess I was trying to say is that I wouldn't want people to ignore a good resource for information because of that... but it is also very important to point out and criticize their bias, if true neutrality is a Wikipedia "goal"

I apologize again. I would delete my comments, but I think it's important to own up to my own errors and have a record of what was said. Maybe others will learn from my misinterpretation of the conversation being presented, and my initial emotional responses

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Idk, why should this issue be seen as good?

    And what is your culture? Is Wikipedia good for it?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    It's not? Being informed is always positive, and it's always unfortunate that bias exists. I'd rather learn and try to understand my own bias, as opposed to being ignorant and having bias anyway

    Do you have a tool that is just as accessible as wiki, but perfectly objective? Or are you throwing the baby out with the bath-water? Knowledge is good for any culture, and bias is a motherfucker to us all. Your critique isn't unwarranted, but it does flirt with anti-intellectualism

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Being informed of the bias is also positive

    No one mentioned anything about throwing the bathwater, but only hinted at the bias.

    Are you trying to villainise and portray it as anti-intellectualism?
    Are you thinking that the source you use is unbiased and trying to derial convos that hint at how it is not unbiased?

    Noting the bias is a good thing and trying to shut down the convoys on that is a bigger mf to all of us.

    Your concerns isn't unwarranted, but it does flirt with strawmanning and derailing the convo.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    "Being informed is positive" is not what is being argued against, and you know it. This is disingenuous and poor rhetorics.

    Do you have a tool that is just as accessible as wiki, but perfectly objective? Or are you throwing the baby out with the bath-water?

    More poor rhetorics. If youre not interested in actual discussion, why engage with someone acting in clear, good faith? Its pretty clear that the argument is that the issue with Wikipedia is that it presents itself as unbiased, while in fact being heavily biased. The issue is not the presence of bias itself.

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