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1. sam_go+e93[view] [source] 2020-06-11 10:04:31
>>edward+(OP)
This morning, I chanced upon the wiki page for "George Floyd protests".

I consider myself more liberal than many, and yet I was struck by the obvious left slant of that page.

Not that it has inaccuracies, but its selection of facts and how they are presented, are definitely not neutral. From the header ("protests" or "riots"?) to the prevalence ("George Floyd protests in Minnesota"[0] and "George Floyd protests"[1], etc[2], [3], [4], [5] ...) to the descriptions and topics....

IMO such bias erodes their trust, and the more centrist will have to choose between one echo chamber and another and decide their facts by emotion.

Unfortunately, I am beginning to feel that the more "woke" a subject is, the less likely the facts will be presented fairly.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Twin_Cities_riots [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_George_Floyd_protests_...

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2. mdpye+ge3[view] [source] 2020-06-11 10:48:05
>>sam_go+e93
I'm not sure I understand your point. By questioning the choice of "protests" vs "riots", are you suggesting that the actions taken by a minority of those participating should be used as the header for the whole article? Because that would seem to be a much more biased way to record the events.
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