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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Conservative Personalities

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#The Wikipedia article of [[Alex Jones]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alex_Jones_(radio_host)&oldid=755574598</ref> describes the InfoWars host as follows (as of December 18, 2016): "Alexander Emerick "Alex" Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American radio show host, documentary filmmaker, writer, and conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which airs on the Genesis Communications Network and shortwave radio station WWCR across the United States and online. His website, InfoWars.com, has been labelled a fake news website." Although InfoWars has over 3 million subscribers and was more accurate that the New York Times (currently on the verge of bankruptcy) in predicting the outcome of the 2016 election, Wikipedia has categorically labeled InfoWars as a "fake news website" in the introductory paragraph about Alex Jones. Any attempts to alter this description on Wikipedia is met with swift resistance from a cabal of left-wing administrators whose goal it is to paint Jones as an illegitimate crackpot. While attempting to challenge the claim of InfoWars as a "fake news website," User:Boab was banned indefinitely from Wikipedia (by User:The Blade of the Northern Lights <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Blade_of_the_Northern_Lights</ref> and User:Ian.thomson<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ian.thomson</ref>) for "Disruptive editing: Pushing fringe theories and displaying a belligerent BATTLEGROUND approach to disputes."<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Boab&oldid=755441776</ref>
# In the Wikipedia article about President [[Donald Trump]],<ref name=trump>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Trump&oldid=787269818</ref> in the final sentence of the second paragraph of the introductory section in the article on President Donald Trump, this summary sentence has been flagged as "disputed – discuss": "The Russian government interfered in the election to support his candidacy.".<ref name=trump/> The article then has a section entitled "Russian interference in election" and a cross reference to an article on this topic, but those sections are not similarly flagged. Only users with 500 edits are allowed to edit the page of the President of the United States. Also in the second sentence of the second paragraph of the introductory section in the article on President Donald Trump, there is a claim that says "many of his public statements were controversial or false" while Wikipedia articles on liberal Presidents do not make similar challenges. The article then elaborates, "Fact-checking organizations have denounced Trump for making a record number of false statements compared to other candidates. At least four major publications – ''Politico'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', and the ''Los Angeles Times'' – have pointed out lies or falsehoods in his statements during his campaign and after the election." with five footnotes.<ref name=trump/>
# In the Wikipedia article about Milo Yiannopoulos,<ref>http://web.archive.org/save/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos#Controversies</ref> under the section of the article entitled "Controversies", it lists a controversy as his sexuality. However, for any other gay person especially on the left, they do not do such a thing.
# In the Wikipedia article about President [[Donald Trump]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805173406/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump</ref> in the final sentence of the final paragraph of the introductory section, it says, "After Trump dismissed FBI Director James Comey, the Justice Department appointed his predecessor Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russia's interference in the presidential election, potential links between Russia and Trump campaign associates, and any related matters.". However, for Presidential candidates [[Hillary Clinton]]<ref>http://web.archive.org/save/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton</ref> and [[Bernie Sanders]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170805173635/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders</ref> who are both under FBI investigation, it does not do such a thing what so ever.
#A Wikipedia article solely devoted to criticizing President Trump's "unusual" handshakes survived a nomination for deletion despite a minority of editors supporting keeping the article, and it was later linked on the main page.<ref>Adler, T.D. (September 13, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/09/13/article-about-trumps-handshakes-appears-on-front-page-of-wikipedia-after-minority-block-deletion/ Wikipedia Features Front-Page Article Criticizing President Trump’s Handshakes]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 13, 2017.</ref>
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