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Wikipedia is currently ranked by internet analysis firm Alexa as the seventh most popular website in the world. Alexa estimates that 14% of global internet users have visited the site in the last three months. The free encyclopedia with more than 19 million articles in hundreds of languages stands with Google, Amazon, Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook as one of the foundational bases for the organization and distribution of information on the internet today. Used by students in term papers and individuals anxious for quick facts, it has acquired the reputation as a source of reliable “general information.” But like so many information-based institutions, Wikipedia has also come under growing criticism from political conservatives who see a leftwing bias, sometimes overt and often subtle, in its entries. Some on the Right take the claim so seriously that in protest they created Conservapedia as an alternative.
How the Left Conquered Wikipedia
This list covers a wide range of bias in the English Wikipedia website. Although Wikipedia claims to have credibility because anyone can edit it, in fact the website represents the viewpoint of its most strident and persistent editors. This list together with the sublists linked below provide a wide variety of examples of the resulting bias.
Examples of Bias in Wikipedia
While the theme song to the kids show Sesame Street encourages people to ask how to get there, one author just finished an expose exploring what’s really in the popular show: left-wing propaganda.
Is Sesame Street Spreading Left-Wing Propaganda? Exec Admits, Yes
The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: "Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq") was a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States, signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. It established that U.S. combat forces would withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011.[1] The pact required criminal charges for holding prisoners over 24 hours, and required a warrant for searches of homes and buildings that were not related to combat.[1] U.S. contractors working for U.S. forces would have been subject to Iraqi criminal law, while contractors working for the State Department and other U.S. agencies would retain their immunity. If U.S. forces committed still undecided "major premeditated felonies" while off-duty and off-base, they would have been subjected to an undecided procedures laid out by a joint U.S.-Iraq committee if the U.S. certified the forces were off-duty.[2][3][1][4]
captaintyinknots
reply to post by Risqman
You are referring to SOFA (status of forces agreement), that was signed by bush. And it hasnt been 'wiped' at all.
en.wikipedia.org...
edit on 15-9-2013 by captaintyinknots because: (no reason given)
Swills
reply to post by Risqman
Is this what you're looking for?
U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
The U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (official name: "Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq") was a status of forces agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and the United States, signed by President George W. Bush in 2008. It established that U.S. combat forces would withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011.[1] The pact required criminal charges for holding prisoners over 24 hours, and required a warrant for searches of homes and buildings that were not related to combat.[1] U.S. contractors working for U.S. forces would have been subject to Iraqi criminal law, while contractors working for the State Department and other U.S. agencies would retain their immunity. If U.S. forces committed still undecided "major premeditated felonies" while off-duty and off-base, they would have been subjected to an undecided procedures laid out by a joint U.S.-Iraq committee if the U.S. certified the forces were off-duty.[2][3][1][4]
darkbake
reply to post by Risqman
"Bi-Partisan Lateral Agreement." I don't know what this is, but I think that McCain and Obama are working together to do something or other in this country, I am not entirely convinced that it is a bad movement they are working on, but I don't know what it is.
All I do know is that I could tell that they were working together during the 2008 Presidential elections due to my physiological analysis of their friendliness towards each other during the debates. I think that McCain picked Sarah Palin because he wasn't serious about winning.
There is a lot going on behind the scenes right now, and I can't tell what it is.
xuenchen
darkbake
reply to post by Risqman
"Bi-Partisan Lateral Agreement." I don't know what this is, but I think that McCain and Obama are working together to do something or other in this country, I am not entirely convinced that it is a bad movement they are working on, but I don't know what it is.
All I do know is that I could tell that they were working together during the 2008 Presidential elections due to my physiological analysis of their friendliness towards each other during the debates. I think that McCain picked Sarah Palin because he wasn't serious about winning.
There is a lot going on behind the scenes right now, and I can't tell what it is.
What convinced me about Obama and McCain 'working' together was the "Alfred E. Smith Roast"
Look it up and find some old videos.
They made the collusion obvious, and it really was entertaining and funny.
ADDED: here's part of McCain's roast it's Hillaryus
and here's Obama
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AlienScience
reply to post by Risqman
The final decision was still Obama's to make.
If Bush wanted to be credited for pulling out of Iraq, he should have actually pulled the troops out before he left office, and not just talked about it.
Condi actually is a psychotic war monger...so I would say the Wiki page is correct.
Montana
Do you mean this?
Bi-partisan Agreement