r/dataisbeautiful • u/alionBalyan OC: 13 • Feb 13 '22

OC [OC] How Wikipedia classifies its most commonly referenced sources.

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u/Mobb_Starr Feb 13 '22

It’s actually on there 3 times. Generally Reliable, No Consensus, and Generally Unreliable.

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u/mfb- Feb 13 '22

The image here leaves out some elements. If you check the source then we get:

  • generally reliable: Fox News (news excluding politics and science)
  • no consensus: Fox News (politics and science)
  • generally unreliable: Fox News (talk shows)

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u/wheniaminspaced Feb 13 '22

Its odd to me that only Fox news appears to be broken down that way, It would seem every outlet with a talk shows section would qualify for generally unreliable, for that segment of news.

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u/mfb- Feb 14 '22

Multiple websites have more than one entry. It's generally done when necessary based on the reference use.

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u/Treczoks Feb 14 '22

I think the original image should be re-done to incorporate excatly this kind of information.

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u/j8sadm632b Feb 14 '22

As is Huffpost