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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Another example of Wikipedia bias Note this statement from the present Wikipedia entry: RWA is also correlated with political conservatism - not so much at the level of ordinary voters, but with increasing strength as one moves from voters to activists to office holders, and then from lower to higher-level officeholders After that sentence, I added: Altemeyer's own statement about this may be worth noting (From p. 239 of "Enemies of Freedom"): "right-wing authoritarians show little preference in general for any political party". So the type of conservatism studied by Altemeyer is a rather peculiar subset of it -- one with virtually no everyday political relevance. Like the Adorno F scale which was its ultimate inspiration, the RWA scale would seem to tap a particularly old-fashioned type of conservatism. You will not find that piece of information there now. What I wrote has been erased completely. I could go on with further examples but what's the point? There is only one point that matters: Don't trust Wikipedia (or "Wackypedia", as I usually call it). (For more postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, EDUCATION WATCH, GREENIE WATCH, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS WATCH, GUN WATCH, SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and DISSECTING LEFTISM. My Home Page. Email me (John Ray) here.) Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by JR at 6:45 AM |
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2 Comments:
In the end, The Wikipedia begot The AntiWikipedia.
Drop me a line, and I'll moderate any article you feel is biased. I think the problem was that your addition to the article contained editorialization and opinion (though probably accurate), not that it wasn't to the left enough. But I think that page could definitely use some work. Leave me a message on my talk page if you're interested in giving Wikipedia another shot. User:JDoorjam
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