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| quote = Misplaced Pages’s entry for Breitbart News immediately informs readers that the right-wing outlet has in the past published falsehoods |
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| title2 = Breitbart Declares War on Misplaced Pages as Encyclopedia Gets Drafted Into Facebook's 'Fake News' Battle |
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| quote2 = In the past week, Breitbart’s Misplaced Pages page has become the scene of an epic battle, with alt-right trolls descending en masse to change its content. After Breitbart ripped into Misplaced Pages, painting it as a bastion of the biased liberal elite, others followed suit. The Breitbart article saw a massive uptick in traffic, with more than 50,000 people visiting the Misplaced Pages page in recent weeks. |
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| title3 = Misplaced Pages Bans Right Wing Site Breitbart as a Source for Facts |
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| quote3 = Alex Jones' InfoWars and the far-right media outlet Breitbart can’t be used as a source of fact in Misplaced Pages articles anymore, "due to its unreliability." |
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| title4 = Misplaced Pages Bans Breitbart as Source of Fact |
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| quote4 = The right-wing site will still be a source for opinion-related content, but all other citations will be removed. Misplaced Pages did the same with British newspaper The Daily Mail. |
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| title5 = Misplaced Pages demotes Breitbart to fake news |
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| quote5 = Misplaced Pages, the internet's crowd-sourced encyclopedia, has declared "fake news" on far-right site Breitbart, deeming the outlet an unreliable source for facts. |
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== Birther Conspiracy == |
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== Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2023 == |
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Breitbart is NOT far right. That is the truth of it and I hate you people who lie on here WHY? ] (]) 11:14, 27 July 2023 (UTC) |
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I propose changing |
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:] '''Not done:''' it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a ] and provide a ] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> '''<span style="color:#f535aa">—</span> ] <span style="color:#f535aa">(] • ])</span>''' 11:36, 27 July 2023 (UTC) |
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<blockquote>Breitbart News promoted the ].<ref name="Goldstein">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/alt-right-salutes-donald-trump.html|title=Alt-Right Gathering Exults in Trump Election With Nazi-Era Salute|last=Goldstein|first=Joseph|date=November 21, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|quote=Mr. Bannon was the chief executive of Breitbart, an online news organization that has fed the lie that Mr. Obama is a Kenyan-born Muslim.}}</ref> Breitbart senior editor-at-large ] nevertheless denied that Breitbart News was a "Birther website" or that it had ever made a birther-conspiracy claim.<ref>Joel B. Pollack, , Breitbart (November 21, 2016).</ref></blockquote> |
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::I understand this user's frustration. "Far X" is not a serious descriptor in common use by political scholars - it is a low-brow, pop-politics phrase used almost exclusively as a dismissal and a smear. Regardless of whether one could come to an objective, empirical understanding of whether or not Breitbart is "far right" or not, I find the use of the term in Wikivoice to be very troubling. I'd suggest attributing this statement to its authors, noting that sources W, X, Y, and Z have described Breitbart as "far right", rather than affirmatively stating it as an objective fact. ] (]) 05:58, 11 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:] does have a specific definition for wikipedia purposes. The question is whether or not Breitbart is described by the ] page, not whether or not you disagree with the label. ] (]) 23:08, 11 August 2023 (UTC) |
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<blockquote>In May 2012, ] published a copy of a promotional booklet that Obama's literary agency, Acton & Dystel, printed in 1991 (and later posted to their website, in a biography in place until April 2007) which misidentified Obama's birthplace and states that Obama was "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii." When this was posted by Breitbart, the booklet's editor said that this incorrect information had been her mistake, not based on anything provided to her agency by Obama.<ref name="breitbart">{{cite news |author=Dylan Stableford |title='Born in Kenya': Obama's Literary Agent Misidentified His Birthplace in 1991 |url = http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/born-kenya-obamas-literary-agent-misidentified-birthplace-1991/story?id=16372566 |publisher = ] |date = May 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120706093227/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/born-kenya-obamas-literary-agent-misidentified-birthplace-1991/story?id=16372566#.Vj6h4r9mqjc |archive-date = July 6, 2012 |access-date = November 8, 2015}}</ref>Breitbart senior editor-at-large ] has denied that Breitbart News was a "Birther website" or that it had ever made a birther-conspiracy claim.<ref>Joel B. Pollack, , Breitbart (November 21, 2016).</ref></blockquote> |
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::This is incorrect. We use follow what reliable sources use to describe Breitbart, not our own analysis of whether or not they meet some "Misplaced Pages definition". –] ] 23:13, 11 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:::We follow reliable sources, with great care to distinguish between factual descriptions and opinionated analysis. The Misplaced Pages article about "far-right" has no bearing on the term's use elsewhere on Misplaced Pages, nor does it have any bearing on how academic or popular outlets choose to employ the phrase. I don't want to put words in the IP editor's mouth, but it seems to me that their general gripe is that "far-right" is an example of RS engaged in opinionated analysis, not a factual description or an academic definition. I agree with the spirit of their comment, unconstructive though it may have been - too often, Misplaced Pages editors take opinionated statements from pop-politics outlets and enshrine those opinions as encyclopedic facts by using Wikivoice. I do think this is a problem that merits further constructive discussion. ] (]) 23:23, 11 August 2023 (UTC) |
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to reflect a paragraph in the ] article. Simply stating that Breitbart promoted the birther conspiracy and citing an article that also simply states the same without any evidence, examples or arguments seems inadequate to me. To be clear, I'm not calling the New York Times or the cited article "fake news", and I'm not trying dispute whether or not Breitbart actually supported the birther conspiracy (although I believe they did, but I was unable to find any evidence they did, and I don't really care enough to keep looking). |
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:::: Which of the sources supporting "far-right" in the lede do you consider to be pop-politics, opinionated or require attribution for any reason? Do they outweigh the academic sources which are cited? –] ] 23:27, 11 August 2023 (UTC) |
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I feel the suggested paragraph has more information with a source that is more on-topic. It shows that Breitbart may have been trying to use the mistake in the promotional booklet to spread doubt about Obama's citizenship.] (]) 09:33, 7 April 2017 (UTC) ] (]) 09:33, 7 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::I think very strongly that "far-X" is an inherently opinionated term, which should always be attributed. There is currently no policy about this, other than "avoid stating opinions as facts" in NPOV, but in my view, this should be common sense. Saying "far left" really just means "to the left of what I personally believe to be reasonable", ditto for far-right. It's ''extremely'' rare for someone to use these "far X" descriptors in a positive or neutral sense - 99+% of the time that it is used, it's used as a pejorative. It's similar to the term "terrorist" - you've heard the adage "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter", right? That's why, when I removed the word "terrorist" from the opening sentence of the Al-Qaeda article, it was unanimously acknowledged as a common-sense move, even though one could make a much better case for Al-Qaeda objectively being terrorists than a news outlet objectively being "far" anything. |
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:::::I'd support keeping all the sources that describe Breitbart as "far right" - I oppose the removal of any content. However, it would be appropriate to remove it from the opening sentence, instead adding a sentence to the lede that reads "many news outlets have labeled Breitbart as 'far-right'", with the appropriate citations included. ] (]) 23:41, 11 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::::::Here on Misplaced Pages, we go by reliable sources. If you'd like to write an article that describes Breitbart based on your feelings, I hear Conservapedia is good. –] ] 23:45, 11 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:::::::That's an extremely rude and uncivil comment. As I just stated - I oppose the removal of any content, including the "far right" descriptor. If someone were to remove the "far right" bit from the first sentence, without attributing it in the lede, I'd be the first to revert them. |
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:::::::What I am saying is that far-X is a "feelings" based term. It's not based in any objective, measurable political reality, isn't widely used by scholars of politics, and is used almost exclusively in a partisan setting with the intention to demean and dismiss the subject. Note that I've made the exact same point elsewhere - "far left" is just as problematic as "far right", "terrorist", etc. - they are markers of opinion, not statements of fact. We should be careful to delineate between the two - NPOV states ''very'' explicitly that we are to avoid stating opinions as facts. |
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:::::::The example on the NPOV page is "genocide is an evil action". This is noted as improper. Instead, NPOV advises us to say something like "genocide has been described by so-and-so as the epitome of human evil". If a statement like "genocide is evil" is too opinionated for inclusion on Misplaced Pages, "political group X is 'far-right' or 'far-left'" is incontrovertibly problematic in light of NPOV, and such descriptors must be attributed. That observation implies nothing about my personal political beliefs, and I'm disappointed that you would resort to casting aspersions against my character. Implicit in your comment is the insinuation that one's edits on Misplaced Pages reflect one's personal political beliefs, which may be true for you, but certainly not for me. ] (]) 01:16, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::::::::Agree with ]. If the term "far-right" is not being used as described on its Misplaced Pages page (as I have been corrected), then the term used from approved sources is largely being used as a subjective, pejorative term and is not based off any objective measure. The term is fine to stay on the page, but I would suggest it is removed from the first sentence. I also want to remind ] of ] ] (]) 01:28, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:::::::::Looking at the quality and quanitity of the sources, I just don't see how we can justify excluding "far-right" from the lead or cast doubt with an attribution while still maintaining NPOV. There's no evidence that these journals are using the term subjectively. –] ] 02:58, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::::::::::The phrase "cast doubt" implies that there is some sort of objective, factual basis for the descriptor "Far X". Sorry, I don't mean to be rude or snarky, but you're simply mistaken. There is no such basis. No serious political scholar throws terms like this around, because it would severely degrade their credibility. |
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::::::::::As far as "casting doubt", there is nothing to doubt. "Far right" is the opinion of those journalists, and I don't doubt that it's a sincerely held opinion. That simply does not make it an objective description of empirical reality. There doesn't have to be evidence of subjectivity - the term is in and of itself subjective. That's like saying "well, a bunch of journalists called so-and-so a ''scary'' person, and they didn't seem to be using the term subjectively" - no, that's not the right way to think about this - the term itself is ''inherently'' subjective and feelings-based. How else can you delineate exactly where "right" turns into "far-right", other than by referencing your own subjective view of what constitutes "far"? This isn't a phrase like "far out" - here, "far" has explicitly negative connotations. |
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::::::::::Even if I could find 20 RS articles that call Al-Qaeda "terrorists", it's still the case that "terrorist" as a factual descriptor is not appropriate. If we can agree that "terrorist" is an opinionated term (which is the community consensus), even though we probably all think of Al-Qaeda when we think of terrorism, it really shouldn't be hard to wrap our minds around the fact that other negative, derisive political labels are similarly opinionated. |
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::::::::::I'm sure we all agree that genocide is not cool (I hope), and we might even colloquially call that a "fact". But for NPOV purposes, it is definitively NOT a fact, it's an opinion - even if an RS, or 10, or 500 RS's say it, it's still not a 'fact', it's just a very widely held and widely circulated opinion. If "genocide is evil" is not a fact, then "such-and-such outlet is far X" is even further away from being a fact. This is epistemology 101 - facts versus opinions. This is so important and so commonly misunderstood. |
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::::::::::One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, and one man's far-left radical extremist is another man's eminently reasonable moderate. We must delineate between objective facts and what I call "colloquial facts", which are simply widely held opinions. We must be able to think very carefully and precisely about what a "fact" is versus what an "opinion" is if we are to accurately apply NPOV - and I have to say, I think this article misses the mark. |
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::::::::::Final thought - I agree with you 100% dlthewave - we cannot justify removing a discussion of the "far right" label from the lede. It's too notable of an opinion to bury in the body of the article. This is why I don't suggest removal, I instead implore attribution, which is the only reasonable way forward if we're going to be epistemologically honest with ourselves and the readers of the article. ] (]) 03:35, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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{{od}}I'm afraid that much of the discussion in this section -- the contributions by Philomathes2357 in particular -- is based on a false premise. The term is not used only by "opinionated journalists"; it is common in academic research as well. Here's the very basic evidence for that assertion: . The specifics of usage in connection with Breitbart would need further exploration, but the term is by no means simply an "opinion". ] (]) 20:12, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:And now, taking a quick look at the list of sources used to support "far right" in the intro, what I immediately see is that several of them are articles from peer-reviewed academic journals. So now I'm pretty confused: the sources (at least some of them) are not "opinionated journalists" at all, there is academic support here... ] (]) 20:15, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::Certainly - it is fair to point out that this sort of language has creeped into academia, especially in the last 5-10 years. That is an example of a fact, not an opinion, and I'm glad you pointed it out. I shouldn't have downplayed this fact. |
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::However, there is a simple response: other terms, like "terrorist", also appear widely in academic literature, but there is still a community consensus that such language must be attributed on pages like Al-Qaeda. If a bunch of academic, peer-reviewed journals wrote "genocide is evil", it does not matter. It's still an opinion that must be attributed per NPOV. The lamentable fact that academics have begun to inject their personal views with words like "radical", "fringe", and "far X" does not change the reality that such language is inherently feelings-based. |
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::Again, how can you tell when "left" has become "far left", other than by referencing your internal barometer of what feels "far" from what you conceive of as "normal"? If a laundry list of established film critics describes a movie as "terrifying", does it then become a fact? If someone watched the movie, and feels that it is not terrifying, are they factually incorrect? No. Feelings are not facts. There is no more factual basis for "far" than there is for a word like "bad" or "scary". |
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::I can tell you that in all of my undergraduate and graduate studies of international relations, I was, and would have been, corrected if I used such language in an essay (unless I was writing about a group that the professor found distasteful, haha...) Surely, you'd agree that something doesn't shift from being an opinion to being a fact just because a social science journal proclaimed it so. |
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::Social scientists are not epistemologists - we, on the other hand, must have a firm grounding in epistemology if we are to accurately apply NPOV, regardless of the state of popular or academic discourse. There is a widespread lack of epistemic comprehension amongst Misplaced Pages editors and the public in general - perhaps the best way to address this is at a more fundamental level, rather than at the level of individual offending articles. Perhaps a very rigorous debate is in order over at the NPOV page. ] (]) 20:37, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:::I think you have it backwards: Academic usage is evidence that the label is appropriate, not the other way around, and we can trust these reliable academic sources to apply it correctly. I'm also a bit confused about when and how we decided that "far right" is a subjective label; you seem to take it for granted, but I'm not sure that opinion is widely accepted by the community. –] ] 21:10, 12 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::::While I absolutely think you're engaging with me in good faith, I do strongly disagree, and find it hard to understand why anyone would question the status of "far right" as a subjective label. I do, however, regard this as an important issue worthy of serious discussion, and I would like to engage you deeper on this question. |
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::::I don't want to leave a wall of text here, on a public talk page, so I just spent a few minutes jotting down a very simple and basic explanation of why any argument that "far X" is an objective label is extremely dubious. I have posted this to the top of my personal page. I would very much appreciate it if those who have engaged in this discussion would read it, and return here to explain, in light of it, why we should continue to regard the label as empirical and objective. ] (]) 06:28, 13 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::::The problem I'm seeing here is editors' lack of awareness of how supposedly "descriptive" and "objective" political language, like "far-right", is actually subjective and intended to mold how the writer thinks about the subject. I've been simply asserting it as self-evident, as have other users, because to us, such a label is self-evidently subjective. |
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::::I'm gradually realizing that just assuming that this is self-evident to everyone else is a mistake. This has led to people saying "you have no evidence that "far-right" is an opinion, other than your opinion!" - which is maddening for someone who sees "far" to be as obviously subjective as "delicious" or "scary". So I want to clarify that there are multiple published, reliable, academic sources that note the subjectivity of the "far-right" descriptor. |
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::::In ''Far-Right Politics in Europe'' by Jean-Yves Camus & Nicolas Lebourg (2017), it is explained that "far-right" is a weaponized normative value judgement used to "disqualify and stigmatize all forms of partisan nationalism by reducing them to the historical experiments of Italian Fascism German National Socialism." (pp. 1-2) |
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::::Cas Mudde wrote in ''The Ideology of the Extreme Right'' that ""the term is not only used for scientific purposes but also for political purposes. Several authors define right-wing extremism as a sort of anti-thesis against their own beliefs." (pg. 10) |
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::::That doesn't mean we shouldn't note when reliable sources use the term - all it means is that we should be recognizing it as a statement of opinion, not an objective statement of fact. It would only help this article to attribute the "far-right" bit. ] (]) 06:31, 19 August 2023 (UTC) |
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:::::There are big problems with your quotes, which I think qualify as misrepresentation of a source. Misrepresenting a source is a violation of civility. |
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:::::''Far-Right Politics in Europe by Jean-Yves Camus & Nicolas Lebourg (2017)'' is an analysis of the far-right in Europe. The very next paragraph past your dishonestly snipped quotation begins "All the scholarly literature concurs that a family of far-right parties does exist, however," and ends "To understand the far right in Europe as it now exists, we must in fact begin with French history. We will then be able to elaborate a general theory of the far right." https://books.google.com/books?id=_j5YDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=true |
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:::::Mudde's very next paragraph likewise reads "Notwithstanding these political disputes, there is a rather broad consensus in the field that the term right-wing extremism describes primarily an ideology in one form or another," and the following paragraph "Most of the authors involved define right-wing extremism as a political ideology that is constituted of a combination of several different features." It should also be noted that the chapter is devoted to analysis of "the ideology of the extreme right," containing sections such as "subgroups within the extreme right party family," followed by "putting the extreme right party family to the test" and stating "'''despite several borderline cases there is a large number of political parties whose extreme right status is not debated.'''" https://www.jstor.org/stable/b113ae62-56b4-3179-bdb8-230e3313de46?seq=24 |
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:::::And you further failed to mention that Mudde's book is from the year 2000 and thus misses the past ~2.5 decades of research, analysis, and reliable source reporting in this area. |
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:::::If you are going to bring citations, you are responsible for accurately representing them. You clearly failed in your responsibility to do so here. ] (]) 16:01, 19 August 2023 (UTC) |
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::It's unequivocal that Breitbart is considered far-right by nearly everyone, scholars, writers, etc. ''']'''<span style="border:2px solid #073642;background:rgb(255,156,0);background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,156,0,1) 0%, rgba(147,0,255,1) 45%, rgba(4,123,134,1) 87%);">]</span> 07:39, 19 August 2023 (UTC) |
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== Repetition in Sources == |
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:A reasonable proposal, but I disagree. I think the current level of summarization is more encyclopedic. The proposed change might be read to imply that Breitbart was innocently relying on other sources' misinformation. --] (]) 17:23, 7 April 2017 (UTC) |
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*{{notdone}} -- edit-request templates are to be used when there is a consensus for the proposed change. This is evidently lacking. (FWIW, I agree with Dr. Fleischman's comment.) ] (]) 18:41, 7 April 2017 (UTC) |
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I apologize for using a template, I don't have a lot of experience editing pages, and I have never edited protected pages (I would go ahead and remove the template, but I don't know if that might mess something up). The cited article for the "Breitbart News promoted the ]." statement is unreliable ], The Times article is not about the Birther Conspiracy, It mentions that the alt-right movement's views include the Conspiracy and casually states that Breitbart supported the conspiracy but does not discuss it any further. One article I found that discusses Breitbart involvement in the conspiracy is at . I don't know how reliable they are, but at least the article is on-topic. (Also, I'm changing the "edit request" heading to "Birther Conspiracy", I hope that's ok.)] (]) 05:14, 8 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:The is absolutely reliable in this context. It describes Breitbart as "an online news organization that has fed the lie that Mr. Obama is a Kenyan-born Muslim." The fact that the source isn't focused on birtherism is beside the point. There is no basis for arguing that the source isn't accurate. --] (]) 16:15, 8 April 2017 (UTC) |
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::It seems as though the facts are being excluded out of fear that some people may think Breitbart is innocent. This to me seems less encyclopedic and incredibly biased. The NYT article is generally reliable, but because the article was not focused on the birther conspiracy and was only giving a short description of Breitbart News, it would not be necessary for them to include all the details about how Breitbart supported the conspiracy in that article. But this Misplaced Pages article is about Breitbart News, and the sub-section is "Conspiracy theories about President Obama" under the section "Notable Stories", and I don't think it is unreasonable to mention the Breitbart story that helped spread doubt about Obama's place of birth. I feel the statement needs more information, and/or cited articles with more information.] (]) 05:07, 11 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:I think your assessment is correct. Misplaced Pages should be an encyclopedia that enthusiastically publishes the facts that brief news articles do not. Often, as in this case, those additional facts pull extremist claims back toward reality. However, in the official narrative of this now anti-encyclopedia, right up there at the start of the Breitbart entry is the claim that it is 'far right'. The actual facts about Breitbart only support 'right-wing' not 'far right', so some of them must be excluded. Anyway, welcome to post-facts 'fit the mainstream narrative' Misplaced Pages.] (]) 04:51, 16 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:I'm not really seeing it. Can you point me to evidence that the details of Breitbart's birtherism received any sort of significant coverage in reliable independent secondary sources? (And btw I don't think that Media Matters sources is reliable.) --] (]) 05:37, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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::Well there's the that the ] page cites, I would have assumed that to be reliable enough, and if it's not then I'm done, I can't think of anything else to add to my argument. I lack the experience and desire to hunt down articles and determine the reliability of the source (I thought I had an , but then I saw that it was a blog and that just killed any will I had left to keep going with this) ] (]) 11:55, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:Can you explain what you mean when you say the lack of detail makes our article biased? --] (]) 15:14, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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::It doesn't make the whole article biased, just the one section. You wrote "The proposed change might be read to imply that Breitbart was innocently relying on other sources' misinformation." This sounds like a biased reason to exclude the information from the article, as though it must be presented to read that Brietbart is guilty here. I honestly can't tell with absolute certainty that Breitbart News supported the conspiracy, and while my opinion is that they did, my opinion is biased. I think readers should see the facts and decide for themselves, rather than Misplaced Pages or the NY Times simply deciding for them. ] (]) 20:23, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:::Honestly, putting that claim in source voice is the best way to go. I'm going to do that. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 01:14, 14 April 2017 (UTC) |
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::::I disagree - per ], reliably sourced facts generally shouldn't be attributed in-text. --] (]) 02:36, 14 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::As a card carrying liberal, I have to admit: The counter-argument from Breitbart (the source used in the next sentence) is not something that is easily dismissed. And then there are actual breitbart articles like , which excoriate birthers and quote Andrew Breitbart as saying " self-indulgent, it’s narcissistic, it’s a losing issue". Then blames birtherism on "the left" because breitbart. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 03:13, 14 April 2017 (UTC) |
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::::::I tend to agree more with {{u|MjolnirPants}} and the original poster<ref>Is "original poster" what is meant by "OP"?--in law it means opposing party</ref> than with sentence #1's strong language above. I looked at the in question. Assuming that is an accurate copy of what was published, and if this is the <i>only</i> evidence for the NYT reporter's claim, that claim goes too far and we should not repeat it. Snopes agrees with the Breitbart analysis of the subject . |
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::::::<i>However</i>, ] seems to agree more with the NYT : |
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:::::::This article starts off with a note from the senior editors stating that Andrew Breitbart, the site's late founder, along with the rest of the editorial staff, are not Birthers and accept that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. "It is evidence," the senior editors write, "not of the President's foreign origin, but that Barack Obama's public persona has perhaps been presented differently at different times." These intentions seem deeply disingenuous when you look at the rest of the story – or more importantly, the picture they used of a 1991 bio from Obama's publisher that erroneously states he was born in Kenya. Even after the publisher announced that this was simply a fact-checking error, this post was used as fuel for the extremists behind Birtherism – something that can't be easily disposed of with an editor's note. |
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::::::I see more validity to that claim than the way NYT reporter phrased it. And of course we do have Breitbart printing rubbish like this . Perhaps some compromise language (like what was in Rolling Stone) considering other sources beside the NYT that tempers down sentence #1 and more actually reflects what was in the May 2012 article might work? I haven't checked for other sources on this. If you guys find any, please post. |
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::::::I see there was a compromise to say that that is what the NYT said. That might work too. Certainly better than what was there originally. |
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::::::--] (]) 05:01, 14 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::::{{tq|Is "original poster" what is meant by "OP"?--in law it means opposing party}} Yes, "Original Poster", or the person who started the thread. But on political articles, it also often has the legalese meaning, as well. |
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:::::::I don't doubt that several birthers worked for Breitbart (and wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that some still do). But I remember being surprised almost a decade ago when Breitbart '''wasn't''' running birther stories left and right. I'm sure they're big fans of the CS, and I'm sure their article "questioning the idealogical background" of Obama was designed to fan birtherism while they publicly distanced themselves from it, but still. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 06:01, 14 April 2017 (UTC) |
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I don't want to change anything like this without consulting others, first. However, in the lede we have a bundled ref of several sources that affirm Breitbart is far-right. This ref bundle is repeated later in the "Accuracy and ideology", but it is joined by two additional citations. So, I ask, should we remove the other two sources from this statement or should we just add them into the larger ref? ] ] 12:15, 28 July 2023 (UTC) |
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"Far right" is a subjective term an should be avoided. Its open to interpretation. For many people "far right" describes "neo-nazism" and conjures up notions of violence. Breitbart certainly doesn't fall into this category. The terms used should be conservative or, arguably ultra conservative. Emotive terms like far right should be avoided in wikipedia and stick to actual words with certain meanings. |
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] (]) 20:28, 7 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:Yes. This issue was discussed at length, and upon a there was a clear ] that we should describe Breitbart as far right. --] (]) 22:20, 7 April 2017 (UTC) |
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Well then that consensus was incorrect? |
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It is objectively as far to the right as the Huffington Post is to the left, which is described as "politically liberal". Vox is described as "left-leaning". |
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Is anything that disagrees with the "National Review" considered far-right? Breitbart is the center of conservative and libertarian journalism. This adjective is slanderous, though interestingly reveals the blatant biases of whatever editors manage this page. |
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I don't even align with the site politically, but Breitbart (and Breitbart Jerusalem...) do not endorse neo-nazi views, and should not be grouped in with them. |
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:Saying it's "objectively" yadda yadda doesn't make it objective, and we've heard all that before anyway. If you have reliable sources discussing Huffington Post's political alignment, discuss them at ]. Or don't. Misplaced Pages goes by sources. Do you have any sources ''about Breitbart'' that haven't been discussed yet? ] (]) 05:50, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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It's not yadda yadda. It's obvious: The far-right sites endorse neo-nazism, Breitbart has a Jerusalem section. Every leftist outlet (Daily Kos, HuffPo, Vox) is described as "liberal" or "progressive" and none are described as "far-left" or "Marxist". That's bias. It's clearly right-wing, but there are much better adjectives. Even mainstream US media hardly uses "far-right". The adjective is pejorative and simply inaccurate. |
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"the crusading populist-right website" - Bloomberg |
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-10/breitbart-hires-wall-street-journal-vet-to-expand-its-audience |
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"the right-wing news and opinion website" - NYTimes |
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:Again, we've seen all this before. Saying this must be exactly the same as left-wing sites is a false comparison. Plenty of sources use far-right, and "crusading populist-right" seems pretty damn close to ] to me, anyway. Please take a look at past discussions, and make sure you have something new to offer. This isn't a platform for discussing the site, this is for improving the article. Repeatedly rehashing old discussions isn't productive. ] (]) 06:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:If you can convince a consensus of editors that Breitbart isn't actually far right, then by all means do so. However it seems unlikely given that essentially the same arguments you raise here were already discussed and rejected. You'd be best to go back and read those discussions carefully. --] (]) 06:12, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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At the top of this page it says: Be polite, and welcoming to new users; Assume good faith; Avoid personal attacks; For disputes, seek dispute resolution. |
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And yet this particular group of editors decides to impose its "consensus" that Breitbart is far right. The term is as defamatory as it is unjust to describe Breitbart. It is at last crystal clear that Misplaced Pages editors don't even pretend to be neutral, welcoming or respectful anymore. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 01:48, 14 April 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:So, to be welcoming and neutral we should to ignore ], ignore dozens of reliable sources, ignore pages of debate, and instead accede to the wishes of the occasional drive-by editor who makes no effort research the subject, improve the article, or sign their talk page posts? - ]] 12:09, 16 April 2017 (UTC) |
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Bottom line on "far right": Either supply a fully-referenced definition of what "far right" precisely means, or it must be removed as subjective opinion. If it can't be defined, then it can't be objectively determined as to whether it applies as a description, and thus the consensus opinion is objectively wrong. Can anyone define precisely what it means? ] (]) 23:31, 15 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:That's not how Misplaced Pages works. See ]. If you think content decisions should be based on precision, you're welcome to propose a new policy at the ].- ]] 11:52, 16 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:ETA -- I should say, I realize that it links to a Misplaced Pages page on the subject, but if you actually read that page, it couldn't be more broad and useless about definition exactly what makes something "far right". <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 23:34, 15 April 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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::The description of Breitbart is based on a multitude of reliable sources, not the quality of the ] Misplaced Pages article. Don't forget to sign your talk page posts by typing four tildes <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> at the end.- ]] 11:52, 16 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:::It's not subjective. Breitbart is further to the political right than Fox News, which is clearly center-right. One can, mathematically go through political ideologies and produce a sum which represents the extremity to the right (or left) of any outlet with well-documented positions. Breitbart os '''objectively''' further to the right than a source which is '''objectively''' in the center of the right. Just because it's a judgement doesn't make it a subjective judgement. This isn't rocket science, folks. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 16:48, 17 April 2017 (UTC) |
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:At the very least, the term "far right" should be replaced with "right wing". At another place in the article, people whose opinion of Breitbart as far right can be quoted, alongside those who place Breitbart in the varying other degrees of right wing. It makes just as much sense to tar Breitbart with the far right brush than it would to characterize left wing news sources as far left, or even Stalinist. That game could just as easily be played on the other side of the spectrum.] (]) 19:05, 27 April 2017 (UTC) |
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::Breitbart advocates for positions which are more closely associated with the far right than with moderate or center right. Also, Breitbart is usually defined as far right when reliable sources make an effort to actually describe it, whereas it's generally only referred to as right wing when the sources mention its political positions in passing. Even the small handful of sources who have defined Breitbart and used "right wing" are taken into account because the far right is a subset of the right wing. This has been extensively discussed on this page and in the archives. The consensus is rather clear to refer to them as far right. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em;">] ]</span> 19:31, 27 April 2017 (UTC) |
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::It is not "tarring" or otherwise derogatory to describe a website as far right. There is nothing wrong with far right. Some people like to read Breitbart precisely because it is far right. --] (]) 20:10, 27 April 2017 (UTC) |
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If anyone with half a brain were to actually go to the Breitbart Web site and read it for themselves they would see that it is not far right but ordinary right. All the citations in this article calling it far right are from far-left extremist propaganda sites. The so-called "journalists" who work for the liberal media are absolutely insane. Just go to the Twitter profile of any journalist that works for the left-wing media, and you will see that they are deranged far-left lunatics that cannot be trusted. The liberal media does not hire ordinary professional journalists anymore but rather far-left communist and anarchist activists posing as journalists whose only purpose in writing "news" is to push an agenda. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 23:38, 17 May 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:] <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 00:11, 18 May 2017 (UTC) |
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:I'm surprised that someone who thinks that all professional journalists who work for the libtard media are "far-left communist and anarchist activists" would describe Breitbart even as right-wing. I applaud you, Hartspope1, for maintaining some perspective. --] (]) 04:52, 18 May 2017 (UTC) |
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:: It is difficult to take this article seriously when the adjective "far-right" appears in the article's first line and the sources are cherry-picked. AppNexus admits the following: "Our decision several months ago to bar the political domain Breitbart.com from our marketplace for violation of our hate speech policy was controversial. It did not draw uniform praise within the industry or among general interest news outlets" . |
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::Why is Misplaced Pages siding with AppNexus instead of with the other general interest news outlets? |
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::] (]) 19:00, 28 May 2017 (UTC) |
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:::Baring Breitbart for hate-speech is what they are describing as controversial. Although it's obviously related, it's not the same issue as them being far-right. Being far-right has much broader support among news outlets, as indicated by sources. ] (]) 19:29, 28 May 2017 (UTC) |
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:::: Grayfell, then, do you think that one or more editors should not have used the AppNexus source as an example of a source calling Breitbart far-right? ] (]) 03:05, 1 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::I can't speak for Grayfell, but I think you're misunderstanding the source. It was ''The Japan Times'', not Appnexus, that said Breitbart promotes far-right views. --] (]) 05:02, 1 June 2017 (UTC) |
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::::::Yup. The AppNexus press release says that Breitbart violated their hate speech policy, which is only indirectly related to the term "far-right". The Japan Times article said that Breitbart "has drawn criticism for promoting far-right, sometimes racist views." As one of many sources making this point, this is appropriate. It would be inadequate for this point on its own, but it is not on its own, it's supported by many other sources. ] (]) 06:15, 1 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::: The Japan Times article is not saying Breitbart is far-right. It is saying Breitbart has drawn criticism.... The source is saying that Breitbart has critics. The source is not necessarily agreeing with those critics. Thus, why should we not drop this source? ] (]) 06:10, 2 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::::I don't read it that way. I read it as saying Breitbart promoted far-right, sometimes racist views and that it has drawn criticism for that. But, I can see how one might interpret it the way you did. I'd be fine with removing the source on ] grounds. --] (]) 06:37, 2 June 2017 (UTC) |
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::::::::Would you mind if an editor removes the source because the source can be interpreted two ways? Your interpretation is compatible with ]. My interpretation is that the source is not directly relevant. ] (]) 04:02, 3 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::::::I've removed it. I'ts definitely relevant, as it specifically mentions Breitbart being connected to the far-right, but it's slightly ambiguous and not necessary to make the underlying point. ] (]) 04:30, 3 June 2017 (UTC) |
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::::::::::Grayfell, thank you! ] (]) 04:33, 4 June 2017 (UTC) |
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::::I have some difficulty accepting that a news agency that was set up to support Israel can be described as far right. Breitbart is right wing, but its focus is on supporting Israel, not Nazism/Fascism, accordingly it should be described as "pro-Israeli" or "pro-Israeli, right-wing", not as "far right".] (]) 20:05, 30 May 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::This is really not of our concern. If you think the many cited sources all made the same mistake, then write a letter to their editors. It might also be work considering that the website's ideology has changed over time, especially with the shift from Andrew Breitbart to Bannon, so AB's original goal might not be so relevant anymore. --] (]) 20:15, 30 May 2017 (UTC) |
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::::::Yes. This is correct and sufficient, but as a point of reference, there is a far-right in Israel, also. ] is a starting point for more information. ] (]) 03:42, 31 May 2017 (UTC) |
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::::::Assuming Breitbart was far-right under Bannon, if the website's ideology changed after Bannon had left, then are not the sources calling Breitbart far-right out-of-date? The most recent sources are dated mid-November 2016. The Newsweek source says "His comments came two days after Trump appointed Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of the far-right Breitbart News Network, as his chief White House strategist" and is dated 11/16/16. Hasn't it been approximately six months since Bannon left Breitbart? Until more recent (and balanced) sources are found, should the article be edited to say something like this: "Breitbart News Network (known commonly as Breitbart News, Breitbart or Breitbart.com) is a Los Angeles-based news, opinion and commentary website founded in 2007 by Andrew Breitbart, a conservative . The website was called far-right in 2016 by some "? ] (]) 04:33, 4 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:::::: No. There is nothing to suggest that the ideology of the website has changed and that any sources are out of date. ] (]) 04:37, 4 June 2017 (UTC) |
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You say "reputable" sources (I guess mainstream media like Washpo, NYT and the likes) describe the website as "far-right", but you forget to mention that the same sources are often criticized by many people for having a liberal-bias. So obviously, for a liberal "source" anything to the right of Wall Street Journal is "Far-right". Breibart is objectively as far to the right as HuffPo to the left,...but you don't describe the latter as "Far-Left". These are subjective terms, how far to one side or another of the political spectrum depends considerably on your own political viewpoint. For a Marxist-Leninist Fox News is Far-right,...while Washington Post may be viewed by a deeply conservative southern evangelical as "Far-Left". So for the sake of neutrality, you should change this subjective and politically charged term (Far-Right) to something more serious and academic-sounding as Right-Wing, Conservative, or Nationalist. After all. this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. ] 20:52, 4 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:That's not the standard used by Misplaced Pages or any reliable encyclopedia. Saying something is "objectively" left or right doesn't make it an objective fact by our standards. Comparing Breitbart to Huffington Post or other supposedly left-wing outlets is false equivalence which has already been rehashed more times than I can remember. It also smacks of being an ]. Saying that some people view a source as "far-left" doesn't invalidate it, and being placed by hypothetical opponents on an ideological spectrum doesn't determine a source's reliability. Reliable sources, as Misplaced Pages defines them, say that Breitbart is far-right. If you have reliable sources for any other media outlets, discuss them elsewhere. ] (]) 21:05, 4 June 2017 (UTC) |
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:{{tq|but you forget to mention that the same sources are often criticized by many people for having a liberal-bias.}} Yeah, and the US Government is often criticized by many people for covering up evidence of extraterrestrial visitation. |
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:{{tq|So obviously, for a liberal "source" anything to the right of Wall Street Journal is "Far-right".}}Given that WSJ espouses a center-right POV, that's perfectly reasonable. It's also blatantly untrue, but whatever. |
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:{{tq|Breibart is objectively as far to the right as HuffPo to the left}} No, it's not. Maybe ] would be the left-wing counterpart of Breitbart, except that they don't lie as often. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.118em 0.118em 0.118em; class=texhtml">] ]</span> 00:37, 5 June 2017 (UTC) |
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Here is how the ], probably the most respected newspaper in America defines Breibart: |
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''The Breitbart News Network, usually just called Breitbart, is a '''conservative-leaning''' news website.'' |
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https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/business/media/what-is-breitbart-news.html |
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Not far-right, but conservative-leaning. Now either New York Times is wrong and some college kids with internet and plenty of time know better,...or either Misplaced Pages only reflects the opinion and sensibilities of its anonymous editors and moderators. I think the latter is right. No wonder reputable schools do not accept Misplaced Pages as a reliable source for assignments/papers. And no, it's not an "appeal to authority" argument (''it's cute to know about logical fallacies,...but one has to learn how spot them and use them to not sound silly''),...the whole concept of Misplaced Pages lies on the repute and prestige of the sources, well, here is what reputable sources say about breibart: |
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The '''rightwing''' site accused the Guardian…. |
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/15/breitbart-fake-news-right-trump |
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The same may be true of Breitbart News, a '''conservative''' website whose fortunes……. |
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http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21711265-readership-surging-stephen-bannons-alt-right-news-outfit-about-launch-french-and |
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Breitbart is the most read '''conservative''' website in the US |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37109970 |
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== Semi-protected edit request on 27 April 2017 == |
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{{edit semi-protected|Breitbart News|answered=yes}} |
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:{{fixed}}. In ], I've removed the ] {{rspe|Mashable}} citation from that location since it is unclear why is being cited for the '']'' descriptor. I've also moved the ] {{rspe|Southern Poverty Law Center}} citation next to the term '']'', since explains Breitbart News's promotion and defense of the alt-right (which is a subset of the far right), but does not explicitly label it as a far-right website. — ''''']''' <small>]</small>'' 10:23, 22 September 2023 (UTC) |
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Remove the first two paragraghs or lable as "opinion", because none of the statements are factual or verifiable. ] (]) 14:36, 8 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:] '''Not done:'''<!-- Template:ESp --> The first two paragraphs have 30 sources. <code><nowiki>''']'''<nowiki>]]'''</nowiki></code> (]<nowiki>|</nowiki>]) 14:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC) |
I'm afraid that much of the discussion in this section -- the contributions by Philomathes2357 in particular -- is based on a false premise. The term is not used only by "opinionated journalists"; it is common in academic research as well. Here's the very basic evidence for that assertion: . The specifics of usage in connection with Breitbart would need further exploration, but the term is by no means simply an "opinion". Nomoskedasticity (talk) 20:12, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
I don't want to change anything like this without consulting others, first. However, in the lede we have a bundled ref of several sources that affirm Breitbart is far-right. This ref bundle is repeated later in the "Accuracy and ideology", but it is joined by two additional citations. So, I ask, should we remove the other two sources from this statement or should we just add them into the larger ref? Maxx-♥ talk and coffee ☕ 12:15, 28 July 2023 (UTC)