Wikipedia bias influences how one's perception of reality is perceived

This week, I had two separate meetings with people I’d never met before.

In both, after the polite small talk, each confessed that before sitting down with me they had quickly “studied up” by glancing at my Wikipedia page.

(Note to readers: Please don’t do the same.)

My Wikipedia entry is not a neutral profile — it’s a hit job.

It’s a curated “greatest hits” collection of my worst moments, or more precisely my critics’ worst caricatures of me.

But my experience is just one of countless examples.

The problem with Wikipedia’s bias is far larger, and it touches every corner of our shared information ecosystem.

That is why House Republicans’ decision to launch an investigation into “bad actors” manipulating Wikipedia entries is such welcome news.

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