'apparent across groups, including United States presidents, senators, representatives, governors, Supreme Court justices, and journalists'
I did not need a study to know this. Simply look at the Wikipedia entry for Donald Trump and it tells you everything you need to know. Wikipedia has long been celebrated for its stated mission of providing open, unbiased information to anyone with Internet access. Central to that purpose is the site’s neutral point of view My study examined the average sentiment—positive, negative, or neutral—associated with 1,628 politically charged terms in English Wikipedia articles.
My analysis found that Wikipedia was more likely to portray right-leaning figures negatively than their left-leaning counterparts. This “sentiment bias” was apparent across groups, including United States presidents, senators, representatives, governors, Supreme Court justices, and journalists. Notably, the disparity was not universal; I did not find significant sentiment bias, for example, in the site’s descriptions of U.K. Members of Parliament.
Still, these findings are concerning, particularly given the possibility of Wikipedia’s biases permeating endeavors beyond the site itself. Since the online encyclopedia’s content is used to train large language models , which drive many cutting-edge AI systems such as ChatGPT, Wikipedia’s biases could influence AI-generated content.
Volunteer editors with a leftward slant have controlled multiple sectors of Wikipedia for years .Wikipedia’s bias is clearly stated if you read up their editorial policies. Only Leftist approved news sources are permitted, anything deemed biased and unreliable i.e. non-Left, is generally prohibited. I forget Wikipedia’s position on Far Left sources.
To paraphrase something I heard many many years ago, had the Nazis won WW2, Wikipedia would operate much the same as it does today. Its policies of ‘neutrality’ and ‘reliable sources’ would however mean ever so slightly different information presented.
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