On the one hand, I can't manage any sympathy for the WMF in this matter.
On the other hand, using Murdoch and Roger Ailes as proxies in a culture battle is bound to have
unpleasant side effects. They are total slime, more interested in making money than in any
political or culture considerations. Even their right-wing political convictions are secondary to the basic
purpose of Fox News: to act as the New York Post or The Sun of cable TV. As long as the right-wing
ranting and idiocy brought in eyeballs, they were happy. Why else would they be running these
rants about porn on Wikipedia? Do they EVER offer serious analysis or discussion of Wikipedia's
other content? Of course not.
The lunatic right has been bitching them out for
hiring more liberal and moderate commentators.
And look at the
Conservapedia article about Fox. Funny as hell because it's totally insane, but it makes a valid point:
Murdoch is more interested in dollars than in "conservative purity".
You cannot trust them to make decisions that are favorable to society at large, any more than you
can trust Wales to do so.
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