The editors of Wikipedia have had an agenda for at least two decades. When I taught, I always let students know that Wikipedia was not acceptable as a source for any of their research.
No not as bad, but even then it was biased on social issues/people. I admit that as a spring board to other sources it is useful.
I was teaching engineering & comp sci 10 years ago. Those topics are in general safe, except when it comes to any history behind them. Still, I didn't allow it -- never too early to start enforcing good habits.
My memory of my first use must be off, or I'm remembering an early version of something similar I used in 1993. Anyway, I specifically remember looking in 2009 for a specific incident having to do with the influence of family courts by feminism that had been suppressed by Wikipedia.
You are told what to believe, then you write it down several times, your classmates would fact check your notes by comparing them to the teachers notes.
Yep..and these same moronic kids think they are doing actual research by going to any "fact check" website that happens to be funded by the same people they are fact checking. Kids are morons thanks to parents allowing them to stay in public school and not questioning what they are learning.
It's true about the weather channel, someone linked the interview the inventor of the weather channel did with Stelter a whiel back and he was saying there is no such thing as climate change.
My entire life I’ve been a weather channel nerd, admittedly. Growing up in the Deep South we always had to be on the lookout for bad weather/tornadoes and the effects of hurricanes during hurricane season.
I’ve seen with my own eyes the evolution (or devolution) of TWC. In the 90’s you could check the forecast and be pretty reliant on it. It was about weather and not much else.
Today? The forecasts are shit, they constantly evolve so you’re never really sure what the weather is going to do. Beyond that it’s constant fear mongering and propaganda when a storm comes through. Strangely enough, it seems like when there is actually a terrible storm, they really don’t give too much credence to it. And if it’s storming on Sunday, welp too bad you won’t get up to date information on it—they will be playing reruns of storm stories.
Add to that the incessant climate change fear porn on the website with msnbc news or whoever the entity that owns it now, “news” totally unrelated to weather.... yeah it’s gone to crap. Sad, sad.
I'll state an obvious but often overlooked fact. Communists have always had 2 top priorities. Control education and the media. If a channel pops up they immediate assess if they can control it or corrupt it. It's why so much of what is wrong with this country has flowed either through the classroom and or the media. Identify any problem and trace it back. You'll find either one or both of these elements at work.
When people think of communists, pictures of Lenin or Mao come to mind. These are stereotypes. You need to expand your thinking to imagine modern day versions. The thinking is the same. The end goals of controlling what you learn in school, what you see, hear and read, projected with an air of authority and the sheep follow and believe the lies. It's incredibly simple in concept but a core cadre of dedicated leftists get rooted into something like the Weather Chanel and voila it becomes politicized weaponized and propagandized.
It's why we need to approach every new channel of information with a sober understanding of reality. Every new source of information will be targeted by these leftists much like a slice of bread targeted by mold. We need to be aware of changes of ownership, changing editors and not just assume we trust the name so therefore it's fine. The Weather Channel was great when it started but it's far different now than back then. Much like seeing the New York TImes masthead and assuming it's an honest source of information. Maybe at one time but not now. We can now add the medical journals like Lancet, Journal of the American Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine, etc. to this list. We cannot assume they are non-political.
Fix education first. That can only happen if we re-invent education and in so doing, determine what went wrong with the old system and understand that it will be under attack from leftists immediately. This is their most precious possession. They will fight to the death to keep control of it. We need to think about how to get it and keep them out, keep their ideology of lies and propaganda out. Then do the same with the media. Institute meaningful change by barring anti-American thinking, teaching patriotism, morals, values, etc. If we care successful, the country will flourish like never before.
Leftists hate it when you point out their primary encyclopedia is fake news. But i say "Good on ya'"
And Wikipedia is always asking for ‘donations’
i try to donoate 25c every year, but they are too snobbish, and demand it be at least $1.
A Tale of 3 Encyclopedias - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gczaBogop0g&list=PLOtKxMklQeXbXpwe4_Xk9vru9WGQJvXHK&index=14
The editors of Wikipedia have had an agenda for at least two decades. When I taught, I always let students know that Wikipedia was not acceptable as a source for any of their research.
Admittedly, in high school I used Wikipedia for research papers but I always used the source resources given in the articles I was researching.
That was 10 years ago, though. It wasn’t nearly as blatantly propagandized as it is now.
Exactly this...it was a good resource to find actual resources..that's about it.
No not as bad, but even then it was biased on social issues/people. I admit that as a spring board to other sources it is useful.
I was teaching engineering & comp sci 10 years ago. Those topics are in general safe, except when it comes to any history behind them. Still, I didn't allow it -- never too early to start enforcing good habits.
They’ve only been around since 2001. They definitely weren’t shitty in the beginning. At least two decades doesn’t make sense.
My memory of my first use must be off, or I'm remembering an early version of something similar I used in 1993. Anyway, I specifically remember looking in 2009 for a specific incident having to do with the influence of family courts by feminism that had been suppressed by Wikipedia.
Yes, my children were told that 20 years ago too. I wonder the standard today?
You are told what to believe, then you write it down several times, your classmates would fact check your notes by comparing them to the teachers notes.
What a load...
Yep..and these same moronic kids think they are doing actual research by going to any "fact check" website that happens to be funded by the same people they are fact checking. Kids are morons thanks to parents allowing them to stay in public school and not questioning what they are learning.
It becomes groupthink & less student-think too.
They used to say it wasn’t a valid source.
The standard now?
YAHOO “NEWS” “LEAKS”
“FBI MEMO”
CLAIMING “QANON” TO BE TERRORIST ORG
“CITING” “SNOPES” & “WIKIPEDIA” AS THEIR SOURCE!
Of course this all occurred after the first time Trump and Q threatened they were about to do the same with ANTIFA!
Coincidence?
Bunch of Yahoo’s if you ask me..
How convenient.
I have no idea what they are going on about. Wikipedia has been run by propagandists since its inception. kek
Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia
But I saw the Eurasian prisoners being carted down the street last week?
It's true about the weather channel, someone linked the interview the inventor of the weather channel did with Stelter a whiel back and he was saying there is no such thing as climate change.
Idk about Wikipedia.
He put BriBri in his effin PLACE too!!! 😎
The Weather Channel guy really went in too.
How he somehow kept a humble demeanor and yet repeatedly dropped red pill after red pill was impressive.
When your job is to track clouds, rain, hail, snow, winds and clear skies…
My entire life I’ve been a weather channel nerd, admittedly. Growing up in the Deep South we always had to be on the lookout for bad weather/tornadoes and the effects of hurricanes during hurricane season.
I’ve seen with my own eyes the evolution (or devolution) of TWC. In the 90’s you could check the forecast and be pretty reliant on it. It was about weather and not much else.
Today? The forecasts are shit, they constantly evolve so you’re never really sure what the weather is going to do. Beyond that it’s constant fear mongering and propaganda when a storm comes through. Strangely enough, it seems like when there is actually a terrible storm, they really don’t give too much credence to it. And if it’s storming on Sunday, welp too bad you won’t get up to date information on it—they will be playing reruns of storm stories.
Add to that the incessant climate change fear porn on the website with msnbc news or whoever the entity that owns it now, “news” totally unrelated to weather.... yeah it’s gone to crap. Sad, sad.
Yes. I feel bad for the old guy who had to watch his creation (WC) go to the dogs too.
Their just now figuring this out??
John Told me that he attended college with Al Gore and that he was so full of shit
This is the type of posts that need to get stickied.
Wikipedia is pure trash. lol
Any institution that is not explicitly conservative will become liberal over time.
It will never be enough to say "I just want to do the facts of the news" or even "I just want to do the weather"
Shocker.
Wikipedia is good for looking up stuff about pop culture and that's about it. Any other subject and it's just garbage.
I'll state an obvious but often overlooked fact. Communists have always had 2 top priorities. Control education and the media. If a channel pops up they immediate assess if they can control it or corrupt it. It's why so much of what is wrong with this country has flowed either through the classroom and or the media. Identify any problem and trace it back. You'll find either one or both of these elements at work.
When people think of communists, pictures of Lenin or Mao come to mind. These are stereotypes. You need to expand your thinking to imagine modern day versions. The thinking is the same. The end goals of controlling what you learn in school, what you see, hear and read, projected with an air of authority and the sheep follow and believe the lies. It's incredibly simple in concept but a core cadre of dedicated leftists get rooted into something like the Weather Chanel and voila it becomes politicized weaponized and propagandized.
It's why we need to approach every new channel of information with a sober understanding of reality. Every new source of information will be targeted by these leftists much like a slice of bread targeted by mold. We need to be aware of changes of ownership, changing editors and not just assume we trust the name so therefore it's fine. The Weather Channel was great when it started but it's far different now than back then. Much like seeing the New York TImes masthead and assuming it's an honest source of information. Maybe at one time but not now. We can now add the medical journals like Lancet, Journal of the American Medical Association, New England Journal of Medicine, etc. to this list. We cannot assume they are non-political.
Fix education first. That can only happen if we re-invent education and in so doing, determine what went wrong with the old system and understand that it will be under attack from leftists immediately. This is their most precious possession. They will fight to the death to keep control of it. We need to think about how to get it and keep them out, keep their ideology of lies and propaganda out. Then do the same with the media. Institute meaningful change by barring anti-American thinking, teaching patriotism, morals, values, etc. If we care successful, the country will flourish like never before.