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Stephen Harrison

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Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

People want to donate to the nonprofit idealistic goal of a free internet encyclopedia, and they don't want to donate to just another big tech company. Where is this letter coming from? Yeah, I think that conservatives in recent years, not always, but in recent years, have really decided that they have a bone to pick with Wikipedia. Do leftists really now control the editing?

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

So Wikipedia doesn't reflect a MAGA or America First perspective. If you go to the article on January 6th, it's going to describe it as a riot. It's going to speak to the violence, all the things that were reported at the time. Whereas Ed Martin, this DOJ prosecutor that Trump appointed, would say, well, it was like a big party. It was a celebration, right?

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

So Wikipedia doesn't reflect a MAGA or America First perspective. If you go to the article on January 6th, it's going to describe it as a riot. It's going to speak to the violence, all the things that were reported at the time. Whereas Ed Martin, this DOJ prosecutor that Trump appointed, would say, well, it was like a big party. It was a celebration, right?

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

So Wikipedia doesn't reflect a MAGA or America First perspective. If you go to the article on January 6th, it's going to describe it as a riot. It's going to speak to the violence, all the things that were reported at the time. Whereas Ed Martin, this DOJ prosecutor that Trump appointed, would say, well, it was like a big party. It was a celebration, right?

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

So it's Wikipedia's first and foremost, not really reflecting the MAGA or America First point of view. Then secondly, there's a specific issue with how Wikipedia has been describing the conflict in Gaza, the Israel-Gaza war.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

So it's Wikipedia's first and foremost, not really reflecting the MAGA or America First point of view. Then secondly, there's a specific issue with how Wikipedia has been describing the conflict in Gaza, the Israel-Gaza war.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

So it's Wikipedia's first and foremost, not really reflecting the MAGA or America First point of view. Then secondly, there's a specific issue with how Wikipedia has been describing the conflict in Gaza, the Israel-Gaza war.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

The Wikipedia articles on that will say things like various... Human rights experts and organizations have described Israel's actions as war crimes, right? And they're drawing from the sources that say that.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

The Wikipedia articles on that will say things like various... Human rights experts and organizations have described Israel's actions as war crimes, right? And they're drawing from the sources that say that.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

The Wikipedia articles on that will say things like various... Human rights experts and organizations have described Israel's actions as war crimes, right? And they're drawing from the sources that say that.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

And so organizations like the Heritage Foundation have pledged to go after individual Wikipedia editors to target them and intimidate them and try to get that information and that content removed from Wikipedia. And then lastly, I would say that we see this in a lot of authoritarian regimes around the world.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

And so organizations like the Heritage Foundation have pledged to go after individual Wikipedia editors to target them and intimidate them and try to get that information and that content removed from Wikipedia. And then lastly, I would say that we see this in a lot of authoritarian regimes around the world.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

And so organizations like the Heritage Foundation have pledged to go after individual Wikipedia editors to target them and intimidate them and try to get that information and that content removed from Wikipedia. And then lastly, I would say that we see this in a lot of authoritarian regimes around the world.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

We have in Russia, they have tried to find and they have fined Wikipedia several times.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

We have in Russia, they have tried to find and they have fined Wikipedia several times.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

We have in Russia, they have tried to find and they have fined Wikipedia several times.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

arrested Wikipedia editors for putting views on the encyclopedia that go against the state. So I think that a lot of authoritarian governments don't like Wikipedia. They don't like this independent source of knowledge that they can't control.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

arrested Wikipedia editors for putting views on the encyclopedia that go against the state. So I think that a lot of authoritarian governments don't like Wikipedia. They don't like this independent source of knowledge that they can't control.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

arrested Wikipedia editors for putting views on the encyclopedia that go against the state. So I think that a lot of authoritarian governments don't like Wikipedia. They don't like this independent source of knowledge that they can't control.

Today, Explained
What did Wikipedia do?

I think there's something deeper going on because Elon Musk is... famously one of the biggest critics of Wikipedia. But now, back in 2017, he said, I love Wikipedia. It just keeps getting better and better. And now, more recently, he's been tweeting that Wikipedia should rename itself quote-unquote Wokipedia.