Sean Rameswaram
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So you seem like the person to ask, what is happening with Wikipedia right now?
So you seem like the person to ask, what is happening with Wikipedia right now?
So you seem like the person to ask, what is happening with Wikipedia right now?
In 2018, The Atlantic magazine called Wikipedia the last bastion of shared reality. It sounds like from what you're saying is going on right now with Wikipedia and the Trump administration, that's not the case anymore. How long has it been the case? Is this simply a Trump thing or is there something deeper going on in the United States?
In 2018, The Atlantic magazine called Wikipedia the last bastion of shared reality. It sounds like from what you're saying is going on right now with Wikipedia and the Trump administration, that's not the case anymore. How long has it been the case? Is this simply a Trump thing or is there something deeper going on in the United States?
In 2018, The Atlantic magazine called Wikipedia the last bastion of shared reality. It sounds like from what you're saying is going on right now with Wikipedia and the Trump administration, that's not the case anymore. How long has it been the case? Is this simply a Trump thing or is there something deeper going on in the United States?
Is there bias on Wikipedia? I mean, obviously it is footnoted, but I remember, you know, back in college when my professors would say like, and don't use Wikipedia as a source, as if it were some sort of, you know, information wasteland. I feel like it eventually grew out of that negative space it was in. And now it feels like it's, what, upsetting the right.
Is there bias on Wikipedia? I mean, obviously it is footnoted, but I remember, you know, back in college when my professors would say like, and don't use Wikipedia as a source, as if it were some sort of, you know, information wasteland. I feel like it eventually grew out of that negative space it was in. And now it feels like it's, what, upsetting the right.
Is there bias on Wikipedia? I mean, obviously it is footnoted, but I remember, you know, back in college when my professors would say like, and don't use Wikipedia as a source, as if it were some sort of, you know, information wasteland. I feel like it eventually grew out of that negative space it was in. And now it feels like it's, what, upsetting the right.
So Wikipedia throughout the years gets more and more credible, more and more thorough. And yet here we are in 2025 and it's in the crosshairs of the federal government. How has Wikipedia responded to this threatening letter from the Trump administration?
So Wikipedia throughout the years gets more and more credible, more and more thorough. And yet here we are in 2025 and it's in the crosshairs of the federal government. How has Wikipedia responded to this threatening letter from the Trump administration?
So Wikipedia throughout the years gets more and more credible, more and more thorough. And yet here we are in 2025 and it's in the crosshairs of the federal government. How has Wikipedia responded to this threatening letter from the Trump administration?
More ahead with Stephen on the man behind this threatening letter to Wikipedia. Will his story intersect with Nazism? Place your bets now. This is Today Explained.
More ahead with Stephen on the man behind this threatening letter to Wikipedia. Will his story intersect with Nazism? Place your bets now. This is Today Explained.
More ahead with Stephen on the man behind this threatening letter to Wikipedia. Will his story intersect with Nazism? Place your bets now. This is Today Explained.
Okay, Today Explained is back. Stephen Harrison, when we left off, we were talking about this guy, Ed Martin, who is at the center of this Trump administration fight with Wikipedia.
Okay, Today Explained is back. Stephen Harrison, when we left off, we were talking about this guy, Ed Martin, who is at the center of this Trump administration fight with Wikipedia.
Okay, Today Explained is back. Stephen Harrison, when we left off, we were talking about this guy, Ed Martin, who is at the center of this Trump administration fight with Wikipedia.