Sue Anne Reed wrote:
I don't know how Wikipedia is going to handle this as it continues to become a more widely read source of information. People, especially politicians, are going to want to be able to have a voice in that information. How do we balance that with NPOV? On the Abramoff / Reid situation, I don't think you'll be able to reach NPOV. Folks on the right and possibly centrists are going to point to certain facts and say that it shows Reid is connected to the lobbying scandal and that he's a hypocrite for saying he's not. Folks on the left are going to call it a giant smear campaign by the right to try and downplay their culpability. Has any news outlet reached consensus on this one?
This kind of issue will continue to face us regularly with different people. The issues must be faced directly; you don't achieve NPOV by avoidance,
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