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:: I guess this comes down to what "balance" means from the conservative perspective. The article on Obama is incredibly biased against the man, and dismissive of anything positive about him.  The article on George W. Bush doesn't mention anything negative about the man, including his track record running companies, the state of the economy and the national deficit as of 2008, his response to Katrina, and so on.  I has added a recent quote from Ben Stein to his page that one sysop considered accurate and added in good faith, but another sysop censored it because he considered it unflattering despite its validity.  A trustworthy encyclopedia should publish the maximum number of accurate, properly-sourced facts as a reference, as long as it's done in a fair and honest manner, and leave the interpretation to the reader.  As Fox news would say, it should be "We report, you decide", and more & more, this site is about "We decide what to report". --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 11:28, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

:: I guess this comes down to what "balance" means from the conservative perspective. The article on Obama is incredibly biased against the man, and dismissive of anything positive about him.  The article on George W. Bush doesn't mention anything negative about the man, including his track record running companies, the state of the economy and the national deficit as of 2008, his response to Katrina, and so on.  I has added a recent quote from Ben Stein to his page that one sysop considered accurate and added in good faith, but another sysop censored it because he considered it unflattering despite its validity.  A trustworthy encyclopedia should publish the maximum number of accurate, properly-sourced facts as a reference, as long as it's done in a fair and honest manner, and leave the interpretation to the reader.  As Fox news would say, it should be "We report, you decide", and more & more, this site is about "We decide what to report". --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 11:28, 23 May 2008 (EDT)

::: For the record, we won't be publishing the "maximum number of accurate, properly-sourced facts as a reference".  If one really looked that could easily be 50 of so quotes for Hagee alone, not including books.  Our key is to help our readers get a feel for the person.  Who is John Hagee?  What does he believe?  Why is he important?  What has happened in his life?  I don't know a lot about Hagee, but I am aware he hasn't exactly been a Fred Phelps.  If the controversy section is most of the article, then the article is not being presented properly.  We still have the reference that anyone can check up (the other reference didn't work -- I left the one that did), but we aren't going to make that the article highlight.

::: For the record, we won't be publishing the "maximum number of accurate, properly-sourced facts as a reference".  If one really looked that could easily be 50 of so quotes for Hagee alone, not including books.  Our key is to help our readers get a feel for the person.  Who is John Hagee?  What does he believe?  Why is he important?  What has happened in his life?  I don't know a lot about Hagee, but I am aware he hasn't exactly been a Fred Phelps.  If the controversy section is most of the article, then the article is not being presented properly.  We still have the reference that anyone can check up (the other reference didn't work -- I left the one that did), but we aren't going to make that the article highlight. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 12:58, 23 May 2008 (EDT)