Mark Gallagher wrote:
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.
But there are at least two lies to every story.
Ec