Sludgehammer@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoUS attorney for DC accuses Wikipedia of ‘propaganda’, threatens non-profit statuswww.nzherald.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down13
arrow-up1278arrow-down1external-linkUS attorney for DC accuses Wikipedia of ‘propaganda’, threatens non-profit statuswww.nzherald.co.nzSludgehammer@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up39·7 days agoAlright Show me the exact article that is propaganda, and why Obviously you’ll have to add citations on your end to show why exactly it would be propaganda and oh yeah,there is the issue Wikipedia isn’t bad because it’s propaganda, Wikipedia is bad because it’s not propaganda
minus-squaretissn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·7 days ago Show me the exact article that is propaganda, and why Here’s Pulitzer prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald giving you a few examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKwAJG1O8fE Here’s Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger arguing why Wikipedia is the “Most Biased Encyclopedia in History": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6dO8U8okk However, there is no reason to trust that the Trump administration has any good intentions behind their current attack on Wikipedia. My suspicion is that they want even more control and propaganda - just in their favor.
minus-squareLka1988@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoWhy do that when they can lie through their teeth to just get it shut down altogether? Remember: “‘Meet me in the middle,’ says the unjust man. You take a step forward, he takes a step back. ‘Meet me in the middle,’ says the unjust man.” There is no arguing sense and logic with these people. Their goal is to make you suffer. Nothing else.
Alright
Show me the exact article that is propaganda, and why
Obviously you’ll have to add citations on your end to show why exactly it would be propaganda and oh yeah,there is the issue
Wikipedia isn’t bad because it’s propaganda, Wikipedia is bad because it’s not propaganda
Here’s Pulitzer prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald giving you a few examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKwAJG1O8fE
Here’s Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger arguing why Wikipedia is the “Most Biased Encyclopedia in History": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR6dO8U8okk
However, there is no reason to trust that the Trump administration has any good intentions behind their current attack on Wikipedia. My suspicion is that they want even more control and propaganda - just in their favor.
Why do that when they can lie through their teeth to just get it shut down altogether?
Remember: “‘Meet me in the middle,’ says the unjust man. You take a step forward, he takes a step back. ‘Meet me in the middle,’ says the unjust man.”
There is no arguing sense and logic with these people. Their goal is to make you suffer. Nothing else.