[WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

[Tris Thomas]

Bill-I'm sure there are some examples as you have shown of articles gone 
wrong, but I'm sure that these are in the minority.  As far as I've 
found it, Wikipedia has been a generally neutral & reliable source, with 
the odd exceptions.

Tris

On 09/04/2009 14:24, Bill Carter wrote:
> FT2: You must be a part of Wikipedia's propaganda ministry. I offer you facts about one striking instance in which journalist Alan Cabal has been maligned over and over again. Who knows how many other
> Wikipedia articles are being treated in such a way, and only if people
> come forward will we get a good idea.
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> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie
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> This is (when stripped down) basically a "straw man" post. It uses quotes by
> others saying "A"as a rhetoric device in a question where the issue isn't
> "A" at all, and in effect, conflates the two to try and make its point. It
> then presents its point as made when in fact it hasn't made it at all, nor
> even contains any attempt to do so. It's either sloppy logic or a rhetoric
> device. Either way it has no place in honest communication, except as a
> mistake to be retracted when spotted.
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