The Myth of Wikipedia’s Neutrality: Unmasking its Leftist Bias
- Wikipedia’s co-founder Larry Sanger has often acknowledged the platform’s ideological bias.
- Several research studies have analyzed Wikipedia’s leftist bias, including a major study by the US-based Manhattan Institute and Indian media publication OpIndia.
- The Manhattan Institute study has discovered that Wikipedia content has mild to moderate leftist bias.
- The Opindia research highlights the editorial structure of Wikipedia, wherein a few privileged administrators call the shots.
- The OpIndia study also exposes the anti-India and anti-Hindu bias of Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia’s ideological bias is dangerous because it is highly probable that the bias will spread to various AI platforms, including large language models like ChatGPT.
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