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MariaM83

(233 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 02:38 PM Jul 2012

More liberal/progressive contributors needed at Wikipedia to balance rightwing spin!

Conservatives are blocking any attempts to present factual information that they feel does not portray their favoured candidates in a positive light, or that does not describe events of history according to their viewpoints.

Take a look - for example - at the recent discussions on Mitt Romney's Wikipedia pages. A small group of very dedicated conservative editors consistently reverse any attempts to include information about the questions surrounding when Romney ceased to be involved with Bain Capital, the incident in which he bullied a younger student during high school, and even the episode when he put the sick family dog on the top of the car.

Or take a look at the Koch brothers' pages. They look like Nobel Peace Prize nominations.

There simply aren't enough non-conservative or neutral editors to balance out the articles. The conservatives end up winning almost all the edit wars.

It wouldn't even take that many more voices to bring some balance. Just another dozen or two.
Editing Wikipedia is EASY.

--- Where are all the liberals and progressives? ---

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