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Meet Wikipedia’s Ayn Rand-loving founder and Wikimedia Foundation’s regime-change operative CEO — Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal

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While this is problem with Wikipedia, it is not the only problem. In my experience the site is riddle with bias. It is only useful if one is already so well-versed in subject that one can separate the wheat from the chaff. And even then, it is difficult to catch it all the time. But it is free and some of the entries are really quite good. These are areas around which there is no controversy. But where controversy exists, my advice is to beware. But I would say that of the Internet in general. It's a tradeoff. The GrayzoneMeet Wikipedia’s Ayn Rand-loving founder and Wikimedia Foundation’s regime-change operative CEO Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal

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While this is problem with Wikipedia, it is not the only problem. In my experience the site is riddle with bias. It is only useful if one is already so well-versed in subject that one can separate the wheat from the chaff. And even then, it is difficult to catch it all the time. But it is free and some of the entries are really quite good. These are areas around which there is no controversy. But where controversy exists, my advice is to beware.

But I would say that of the Internet in general. It's a tradeoff.

The Grayzone
Meet Wikipedia’s Ayn Rand-loving founder and Wikimedia Foundation’s regime-change operative CEO
Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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