For years, Wikipedia’s lesser-known co-founder has decried what he sees as the site's liberal bias. Suddenly, some of the country’s most powerful people are listening.
Larry Sanger, ousted from the online encyclopedia in 2002 by co-founder Jimmy Wales a year after Sanger helped launch it, argues Wikipedia has strayed from its commitment to neutrality. He says the site is mismanaged and has a penchant for defaming people. And he sees in its coverage of hot-button issues such as crime, religion and climate change a leftward slant that he believes is contrary to its founding principles.
"Wikipedia is like a bus careening down the highway without a driver and slamming into innocent people," Sanger said.
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