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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wikipedia has a claimed positive-bias, in which negative things are often left out of the article. This is more true the lower profile the page is.

And Wikipedia has an overall left-bias, because of the demographic of contributors.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Wikipedia has an overall left-bias, because of the demographic of contributors.

FROM YOUR LINK

Until 2021, we rated Wikipedia as Center, but changed them to Not Rated because the online encyclopedia does not fit neatly into AllSides’ media bias rating methodologies, which were developed specifically for news sites.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Allsides, that rates media outlets, doesn't give a media bias rating. However, that page I linked still shows the bias even if it doesn't get them a media bias rating.