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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources

You can notice a bias towards the state media from pro-capitalist regimes from the above.

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[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 hour ago

This page in a nutshell: Any material added to Wikipedia must have been published previously by a reliable source. Editors may not add content solely because they believe it is true, nor delete content they believe to be untrue, unless they have verified beforehand with a reliable source.

Verifiability is as important as truth.

But reliable sources are biased!

From WP:BIASED (Wikipedia:Reliable sources#Biased or opinionated sources).

Wikipedia articles are required to present a neutral point of view. However, reliable sources are not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective. Sometimes non-neutral sources are the best possible sources for supporting information about the different viewpoints held on a subject.

(Bolding mine)

But reliable sources are chosen by biased contributors!

OP attached to their comic repost RSP columns.

  • Deutsche Welle: Reliability was never discussed in an RFC. Anyone complaining here of bias does not acknowledge their possibility (if they are not banned) of making an RFC on it.
  • Voice of America: Discussed on RSN a few times. The last one is pretty interesting: Here
  • Xinhua: Discussed here. ITT: It's quite old, but Xinhua is very controversial.
  • Telesur: Discussed here around seven years ago. Quite conclusive, I would say.