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Jim Lane

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17. Your comment illustrates the effectiveness of Wikipedia's NPOV policy

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 11:36 AM

Oct 2015

NPOV is the Neutral Point of View. It's a core principle of Wikipedia.

DUers can freely state that VanderSloot is an appalling person. A Wikipedia article won't say that. The Wikipedia article can, however, present facts, including facts that the corporate media aren't exactly playing up, and the facts can make it clear that a bio subject is an appalling person.

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Mother Jones: We Were Sued By A Billionaire Political Donor. We Won. Here's What Happened. [View all] MerryBlooms Oct 2015 OP

We One? Two three four five? Electric Monk Oct 2015 #1

Heh, thanks. MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #2

Legal Bullying... joeybee12 Oct 2015 #3

Big money does a lot of bullying and scamming, all the while claiming victim. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #5

hope those assholes pay court costs.... dhill926 Oct 2015 #4

Yeah, me too. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #6

+1 navarth Oct 2015 #7

I'm now reading the full article and am appalled. GoneOffShore Oct 2015 #8

+1 MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #12

between owning all media except the internet rurallib Oct 2015 #9

rec! Yep, without the internet, we'd be totally screwed out of real news. MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #13

Thanks! I've added this result to VanderSloot's bio in Wikipedia Jim Lane Oct 2015 #10

Super! MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #14

Just read VanderSloot's bio over there GoneOffShore Oct 2015 #16

Your comment illustrates the effectiveness of Wikipedia's NPOV policy Jim Lane Oct 2015 #17

Thanks for the post MB, very informative. dae Oct 2015 #11

y/w :) MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #15

good reminder to support motherjones questionseverything Oct 2015 #18