Archive for January 13th, 2009

Wikipedia Bias

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Hey, neat... So I was using StumbleUpon in a fit of boredom and it took me to a neat place called Conservapedia. The page it took me to was a list of examples of bias in Wikipedia. I mean, we Christian Conservative Republicans have known since the day it was created that what Wikipedia meant by "anyone can edit the articles" actually means "misinformed, unobjective liberal suck-ups are the only ones who can modify a controversial subject". All you have to do is read a Democrat candidate article and compare it to a Republican candidate article. Heck, I went to Wikipedia to look up the article for the Expelled documentary so I could show it to someone who absolutely swears by Wikipedia... What did I find? A locked article swarming with liberals trying to explain everything away rather than objectively report what the movie was even about. Wikipedia ain't the place to preach, as it has quickly become. No wonder colleges don't treat them as a source.

I thought it was really interesting... Maybe 143 examples will show what we mean? 143 (dare I say?!) SOURCED examples. As of right now, Expelled is still locked because of "vandalism". Yeah, vandalism... By "vandalism" on these kinds of articles, they actually mean "someone came along and changed something, but then a jobless liberal Wikipedian came by and reverted it, and after several rounds of trying to get the article unbiased, only to have it reset, another jobless liberal Wikipedian with power came along and locked it after reverting it." When you read the list (which, if aren't the least bit interested, you are most likely the kind of person who propogates that kind of behavior), pay special attention to the articles regarding Christianity, evolution, homosexuality, FOX News and leading Democrats (the Lord Messiah Barack Obama, in particular). The bias shines forth quite clearly in these areas!

And people wonder why I don't like Wikipedia? Heck, you can barely use it to read up about computers, what with angry Mac elitists and Linux junkies swarming everywhere. Vista failure, indeed... Let's forget the fact that it Windows XP out of the water at launch, okay? Yeah. That's always good. Omitting facts to support your cause. Failure is determined by lack of sales. Vista has no problems making Microsoft money, therefore, it didn't exactly fail, did it? See? If humanity has the time to try to deface something as unimportant as a computer operating system, what about the truely important things like religion and politics?

Back to reading my textbooks!