How will the Disinfopedia address questions of bias, particularly with regard to controversial topics?
Rather than using the terminology of “objectivity” or a “neutral point of view,” we prefer the concepts of “fairness and accuracy.” It is “fair and accurate,” for example, to say that most climate scientists believe human activities are contributing to global warming, so there is no need to take a “neutral point of view” with regard to this question. Of course, bias is an issue in any information system, but Disinfopedia’s users will constitute a community of peers whose combined influence helps compensate for the bias of single individuals. As an “encyclopedia of propaganda,” Disinfopedia is bound to deal with controversial topics. However, the Wikipedia system upon which it is based has shown considerable ability to produce articles that examine controversial topics in a fair and accurate way. Indeed, some of the most controversial topics yield the best articles.
