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Confirmation Bias on Wikipedia

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

No, Wikipedia’s editors aren’t guilty of bias (this time). It’s the featured article for today! Check it out! Of course if you read talk pages for long enough you will discover that Wikipedia does have a bias towards America, the English language and English-speaking countries, hurricanes (at least one was a tropical storm, though), and antarctic explorers. (Note: tongue planted firmly in cheek.)