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Wal-mart's Wikipedia War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wewwy-inwestingw dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust is running an article which claims that lobbyists for Wal-mart have successfully waged a war against a fair viewpoint on Wikipedia's Wal-mart page. From the article: "Although Wikipedia maintains a 'Neutral Point of View' (NPOV) policy, the Wal-mart page is highly biased. Additionally, all criticism has, contrary to policy, practice, and the general opinion of those concerned, been moved to a Debates Over Wal-mart section. Even that page has noticeable resistance to negative points of view about Wal-mart."

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  1. Re:Negative is not necessarily bias by dheltzel · · Score: 0, Troll
    without a shred of bias

    I also, am without a "shred of bias", but my opinion about Walmart is the exact opposite of yours. Since "Negative is not necessarily bias", is it not also reasonable that "Positive is not necessarily bias" ?

    I think it would be pretty hard in this case for either of us to make the proclamation that we are the keepers of the absolute truth, without it becoming apparent that we are in fact biased. I doubt that you will agree with me on point, but I feel compelled to try to explain it anyway.

    I do fully support your right to complain, whine, boycott, whatever - against Walmart. I will continue to shop there, and judging from the crowds, an awfully lot of people see things my way.

  2. The more the Left hates Walmart... by stankulp · · Score: 0, Troll

    The more I like 'em, and the more money I spend there.

    Keep up the good work, Lefties!

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  3. Re:Nothing to see here by Malleus+Dei · · Score: 1, Troll

    You guys clearly get your news from very biased sources. 1. WMD's were found in Iraq, specifically Sarin. 2. There were ties between Iraq and al-Qaeda, as documented in some of the archived Iraqi documents recently released. You can read about it for yourself. You need to stop listening to biased news sources - and that radio network you seem to love is just one of many - and start researching for yourself and drawing your own conclusions. When you do, one fact will stand out in bold relief: _everyone_ who is making statements about Iraq is biased in some way or another.

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  4. Re:This was bound to happen. by hyfe · · Score: 0, Troll
    "If you're as large as the US it's inevitable to invade a country now and again."

    "I meet so many people daily, it's inevitable that I rape/kill one or two."

    Just paraphrasing your logic abit. Apologism is bad, mkay?

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