Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales couldn’t keep his facts straight while defending the online encyclopedia, admitting it relies on legacy media while downplaying its effective blacklist of right-leaning outlets.
Wales admitted that Wikipedia prioritizes the legacy media in its "reliable sources" list during a Saturday interview with The New York Times. However, he quickly dismissed concerns of bias, claiming that these choices were a matter of quality control and arguing that the platform should not be "pandering to this raging mob of the moment.”
