One of the founders of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger, writes about current examples of the lack of transparency of the Wikipedia editors and how Wikipedia is biased. It looks like Wikipedia has become one of the online media oligopoly, like Facebook.
Wikipedia Is Badly Biased
Wikipedia no longer has an effective neutrality policy. There is a rewritten policy, but it endorses the utterly bankrupt canard that journalists should avoid what they call “false balance.” The notion that we should avoid “false balance” is directly contradictory to the original neutrality policy. As a result, even as journalists turn to opinion and activism, Wikipedia now touts controversial points of view on politics, religion, and science. Here are some examples from each of these subjects, which were easy to find, no hunting around. Many, many more could be given.
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