Larry Sanger is the co-founder of Wikipedia and the author of its “neutrality policy.” Mr. Sanger posted an article today about media bias in which he alluded to the neutrality policy he drafted.
I replied (see the combox of the article):
“Wikipedia’s neutrality policy.” I’ve been reading Wikipedia articles for years, and from the evidence I would not have thought such a thing exists, or, if it does, the name is somewhat misleading, because the policy would read something like: “On all matters cultural and political, Wikipedia will endeavor to crush conservative viewpoints. Neutrality will not be tolerated.” Just read the post on, for example, intelligent design theory. It is written by the theory’s antagonists, and all efforts to correct the post to reflect the real theory, as opposed to the straw man caricature presented by its opponents, are ruthlessly suppressed.
In a response Mr. Sanger stated:
For the record, I agree with this. Wikipedia doesn’t live up to its policy and in fact deliberately misinterprets it on some issues. Although I founded Wikipedia, I’m also long gone from the organization and am now probably its biggest critic, so…
There you go folks. We ain’t making it up. The co-founder of Wiki agrees with us.