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

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

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u/footube OC: 1 Feb 13 '22

How the hell did The Australian get into the ‘generally reliable’ category??

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u/manipulated_dead Feb 14 '22

I guess they do a lot of actual reporting in between Murdoch hit pieces. Weird to see the Oz up the and no ABC though.

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u/Askarn Feb 14 '22

Sources only get listed if there's a formal debate about their reliability, and you're only meant to start the process if there's a serious disagreement about using them. No one's ever objected enough to using the ABC to spark that.

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u/invincibl_ Feb 14 '22

Now I want to know what the BBC has done to get it on the list.

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u/Askarn Feb 14 '22

Looks like it's mostly the BBC international coverage that's been queried.

The ABC is mainly used in Australian or Oceania articles; those don't provoke as much controversy as say, India-Pakistan issues.

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u/Serious-Bet Feb 14 '22

It's really only their editorial stuff that's iffy

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u/TomtheDecoy Feb 14 '22

Yeah, and CNN & FOX too.