'Wikipedia taken over by Left, nobody should trust it': Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger

In a big statement, Wikipedia Co-founder Larry Sanger on Friday weighed in on strong influence of Left media on Wikipedia saying that he no longer trusted site that he h created. In an interview with Freddie Sayers on LockdownTV, Wikipedia founder said that world's fifth-largest website could not be trusted for a holistic view since it was written and monitored by paid writers who me it 'extremely partisan.'

Larry Sanger on influence of Left media on Wikipedia

With specific reference to US politics and COVID-19 pandemic, Larry Sanger detailed that Wikipedia was simply mouthing view of various establishments such as WHO, or  World Economic Forum. In this process, ideas put out by Right-wing media were simply being pulled out or banned from citations."You can’t cite Daily Mail at all. You can’t cite Fox News on socio-political issues eir. It’s banned. So what does that mean? It means that if a controversy does not appear in mainstream centre-Left media, n it’s not going to appear on Wikipedia," he said. 

" Biden article, if you look at it, has very little by way of concerns that Republicans have h about him. So if you want to have anything remotely resembling Republican point of view about Biden, you’re not going to get it from article," Sanger ded.

"If you look at articles that Wikipedia has, you can just see how y are simply mouthing view of World Economic Council or World Economic Forum, and World Health Organisation, CDC and various or establishment mouthpieces like Fauci — y take ir cues from m…re’s a global enforcement of a certain point of view, which is amazing to me amazing to a libertarian, or a liberty-loving conservative," Sanger remarked. 

Moreover, he also shared how its entries were being distorted by companies like Wiki PR, where paid writers and editors will go in and change articles. Viewpoints on Eastern medicines were 'judgmental' and religions such as Christianity were 'liberal' as opposed to actual Bible-believing fundamentalist viewpoint, he stated.

"Because re is a lot of influence. Wikipedia is known now by everyone to have a lot of influence in world. So re’s a very big, nasty, complex game being played behind scenes to make article say what somebody wants m to say," co-founder remarked.

Highlighting 'propaganda' on site, Larry Sanger said that maintaining 'neutrality' was most important for information. "We are free individuals who want to make up our own minds," he concluded.