Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales is Launching an Online Publication To Fight Fake News (cnn.com)

Jimmy Wales, a founder of Wikipedia, is launching a new online publication which will aim to fight fake news by pairing professional journalists with an army of volunteer community contributors. The news site is called Wikitribune. From a report: "We want to make sure that you read fact-based articles that have a real impact in both local and global events," the publication's website states. The site will publish news stories written by professional journalists. But in a page borrowed from Wikipedia, internet users will be able to propose factual corrections and additions. The changes will be reviewed by volunteer fact checkers. Wikitribune says it will be transparent about its sources. It will post the full transcripts of interviews, as well as video and audio, "to the maximum extent possible." The language used will be "factual and neutral."

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Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales is Launching an Online Publication To Fight Anything That Isn't Left-Wing Propaganda

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[Anonymous Coward]

Well let's start:

• They recruit exclusively from The Guardian

• Former governors, e.g. Mark Thomas, have described themselves as institutionally left-wing

• Large amount of money spent to suppress a report on their reporting of Israel (Balen report)

• Former presenters describing the champagne bottles strewn on the floor when Blair won

• Their politics person, Andrew Marr, describing the cultural make-up of the BBC as leading to an inherently liberal bias - his own words

• The head of drama commissioning stating that they need to foster left-of-centre thinking.

• James Naughtie's comment at the Labour party conference - "when we win..."

and on, and on and on...

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[mjwx]

BBC is very left wing. YOU think they are good, because they slant things the way you like.

No, the BBC is objectively rated as centre right. The problem you have is that you have gone so far to the extreme right, you dont even know what the left is.

In 1951, Winston Churchill won the election as a conservative, however by modern standards he's left of Obama (who isn't left at all).

Now the BBC is a more reliable source of information for several reasons.
1. The BBC checks their facts.
2. When the BBC publishes incorrect facts they issue a correction.
3. The BBC does not rely on cliche's or appeals to fear/emotion.

Now the reason you believe the BBC is biased is because you're not familiar with what real news looks like. Real news is written in a way to present facts, Fox, Breitbart, Daily Mail, et al. are written in a way to present opinions. As you've probably lived all your life hiding and fighting facts that you don't believe in, any source that presents information, especially information in a dispassionate manner would seem very biased to you. This does not make the source biased, rather it makes you an extremist.

Also, when was the last time Fox News issued a correction, they broadcast several "mistakes" per day but never seem to issue a correction.