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Wikipedia co-founder says left's 'relentless' takeover of mass media
ruined the website he helped build
Wikipedia co-founder says website abandoned 'neutrality policy'
By Yael Halon | Fox News

Wikipedia co-founder blames biased actors for ruining the website

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The co-founder of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, who left the
organization more than a decade ago, faulted the website's current
leadership for allowing biased and partial actors to ruin the
user-edited database he worked to build.

In the latest episode of Fox Nation's "Tucker Carlson Today," Larry
Sanger spoke out about the evolution of Wikipedia, echoing critics who
say that the database has largely become a collection of left-wing
advocacy essays.

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For the first five years of Wikipedia's existence, there was a robust
commitment to neutrality, Sanger told Carlson.

"We promulgated a policy, the neutrality policy. And it was very clear
in the beginning. And I think I really hammered it a lot. In the two
years that I was with the organization, I really drove that neutrality
policy. And I articulated a defense."

But when Sanger departed the organization, his "influence was
forgotten," he said, "and it just gradually became watered down."

"There isn't an open system anymore," he said, "and therefore, the kinds
of people that are allowed to have any influence on Wikipedia have been
narrowed down greatly to essentially people who agree with the
establishment left."

The online encyclopedia, which claims "anyone can edit," is the 13th
most popular website in the world, according to Alexa's web rankings,
but Wikipedia pages related to socialism and communism contain stark
examples of the website's increasing bias, critics say.

"The left, frankly, is relentless when it comes to stating their point
of view and using the organs of mass media-- and Wikipedia is part of
their mass media I think-- to shape the world," Sanger explained. "And
so it became another one of the institutions that they had to capture."

Sanger's full "Tucker Carlson Today" interview is available to stream
now on Fox Nation.

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Fox News' Maxim Lott contributed to this report.

Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to
yael.halon@fox.com.