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On Wikipedia, ideological bias, especially in its English-language edition, has been the subject of academic analysis and public criticism of the project.Questions relate to whether its content is biased due to the political, religious, or other ideologies its volunteer editors may adhere to.
A paper titled "Is Wikipedia Politically Biased?" [1] answers that question with a qualified yes: [...] this report measures the sentiment and emotion with which political terms are used in [English] Wikipedia articles, finding that Wikipedia entries are more likely to attach negative sentiment to terms associated with a right-leaning political orientation than to left-leaning terms.
A neutral point of view should be achieved by balancing the bias in sources based on the weight of the opinion in reliable sources and not by excluding sources that do not conform to the editor's point of view. This does not mean any biased source must be used; it may well serve an article better to exclude the material altogether.
The NPOV policy does forbid the inclusion of editorial bias, but does not forbid properly sourced bias. Without the inclusion and documentation of bias in the real world, many of our articles would fail to document the sum total of human knowledge, and would be rather "blah" reading, devoid of much meaningful and interesting content.
Just because you can make a compelling case doesn't mean you're right. A lot of people have convinced others that the world is flat. That doesn't make them right. Just because you've won over others, or you're using the same arguments that previously won you over doesn't mean you will win a debate with a well-informed opponent.
Yes, Hollywood is as liberal as everybody says -- 'for better or for worse,' according to Alyssa Milano.
Political bias is a bias or perceived bias involving the slanting or altering of information to make a political position or political candidate seem more attractive. With a distinct association with media bias , it commonly refers to how a reporter, news organisation, or TV show covers a political candidate or a policy issue.
Media bias occurs when journalists and news producers show bias in how they report and cover news. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening of the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. [1] The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely ...