Wikipedia Goes the Way of Wokeism

Wikipedia is my favorite website. Wikimedia Foundation received thousands of dollars from me.

We had only printed encyclopedias before Wikipedia. They were out-of-date by the time they were purchased.

Jimmy Wales, a libertarian politician, created a crowd-sourced web-based encyclopedia.

Crowd-sourced? A Britannica editor called Wikipedia “a public restroom.” But Wales won the battle. Britannica’s encyclopedias no longer exist.

Wales, congratulations

But recently I learned that Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger now says Wikipedia’s political pages have turned into leftist “propaganda.”

That’s upsetting. The editing was taken over by Leftists?

Sadly, yes. Unfortunately, yes. It’s worth checking out.

All editing done by volunteers. Wales wanted to ensure that there were enough political views from which to counter biases.

This isn’t what’s actually happening.

Leftists enjoy writing.

Conservatives create things, including homes, companies and farms. This is the result of comparing political contributions from various professions.

Dr. Robertson advises surgeons, pilots, truck drivers and truck drivers.

Artists, bartenders librarians reporters and teachers lean left.

Conservatives have less time to Tweet or debate on the Internet. Leftists do. It’s something they enjoy doing. It allows them to take over media outlets, universities, and now Wikipedia.

Jonathan Weiss is what Wikipedia calls a “Top 100” Wikipedian because he’s made almost half a million edits. According to him, he has noticed a change in his bias. “Wikipedia does a great job on things like science and sports, but you see a lot of political bias come into play when you’re talking current events.”

Weiss is not a conservative. Al Gore and Ralph Nader were his presidential choices. Barack Obama was also one of his votes. Never voted for any Republican. “I’ve really never identified strongly with either political party,” he says.

It could be that he is aware of the new Wikipedia bias.

“People on the left far outweigh people on the center and the right…a lot (are) openly socialist and Marxist.” Some even post pictures of Che Guevara and Lenin on their own profiles.

They decide what news sources Wikipedia authors may use. Wikipedia’s approved “Reliable sources” page rejects political reporting from Fox but calls CNN and MSNBC “reliable.”

Good conservative outlets like The Federalist, The Daily Caller and The Daily Wire are all deemed “unreliable.” Same with the New York Post Wikipedia labelled Hunter Biden’s emails as a conspiracy theory, even though other liberal media acknowledged their authenticity.

Wikipedia allows Vox, Slate and Fox media, even though it does not include Fox. The Nation, Mother JonesPlease see the following: JacobinThe socialist magazine.

Until recently, Wikipedia’s “socialism” and “communism” pages made no mention of the millions of people killed by socialism and communism. Even now, deaths are “deep in the article,” says Weiss, “treated as an arcane academic debate. But we’re talking about mass murder!”

The communism page even adds that we cannot ignore the “lives saved by communist modernization”! It is absurd.

Look up “concentration and internment camps” and you’ll find, along with the Holocaust, “Mexico-United States border,” and under that, “Trump administration family separation policy.”

What? How is that possible?

Wikipedia does say “anyone can edit.” So I made a small addition for political balance, mentioning that President Barack Obama built those cages.

My edit was taken down.

Wikipedia founder Wales asked me to write and say that, if Wikipedia uses progressive sources now, I will no longer give.

He replied, “I totally respect the decision not to give us more money. I’m such a fan and have great respect for you and your work.” But then he said it is “just 100% false … that ‘only globalist, progressive mainstream sources’ are permitted.”

He offered examples of left-wing media Wikipedia doesn’t like, including Raw Story or Occupy Democracies.

They are unacceptable and I am glad that he rejected them. They are too far left for children.

I then wrote again to ask why “there’s not a single right-leaning media outlet Wiki labels ‘reliable’ about politics, (but) Vox, Slate, The Nation, Mother Jones, CNN, MSNBC” get approval.

Wales did not respond to my emails.

If Wikipedia is biased, then I won’t trust anything that’s on it.