But John Stossel’s latest exposé, “How Wikipedia Got Captured,” shows how far that dream has fallen. The platform that claims to be neutral is now controlled by a tiny group of ideological editors, many openly left-wing activists, who decide what the world is allowed to believe.
This isn’t a quirk. It’s a crisis.
A Small Activist Cabal Runs the Show
Wikipedia loves to boast that “anyone can edit.”
In reality, a few thousand politically aligned editors dominate the content — and they enforce their worldview with iron discipline:
- Conservative or heterodox sources are labelled “unreliable.”
- Left-wing and state-funded outlets are labelled “reliable.”
- Edits that challenge the narrative are reversed or deleted.
- Dissenting editors are blocked.
Truth isn’t what the evidence says.
Truth is what the “approved” editors say.
Blatant Double Standards Everywhere
Stossel shows example after example:
- Obama’s migrant detention facilities? Can’t mention he built them.
- Crimes that don’t fit the narrative? “Not notable.”
- Articles about conservatives? Smears allowed, facts not.
- Terror groups sanitised while political opponents demonised.
- China’s propaganda outlets? Green-lit as “generally reliable.”
Wikipedia isn’t biased by accident — it’s biased by design.
Foreign Influence Is Real
China allows only state-approved editors to participate.
Their messaging softens criticism of the CCP while inflating criticism of the West.
Wikipedia banned just six CCP-linked accounts.
Six — out of millions of edits.
This is what “global information control” looks like.
Even Stossel’s Own Page Was Distorted
He tried to correct outright lies on his biography — with verified citations.
Editors blocked him.
Wikipedia works like this:
If you fit the narrative, you’re polished.
If you challenge it, you’re punished.
The Real Crisis: We Have No Trusted Source of Truth Anymore
Wikipedia feeds Google, Apple, Amazon, AI models, journalists, students — the entire digital world. When it becomes captured, every downstream system inherits the bias.
This is the real danger:
Not just a biased website, but a single centralised source of “truth” being controlled by activists and foreign interests.
When every source can be manipulated, how does a society know what is real?
We are now living that problem.
Conclusion
Wikipedia didn’t slowly drift left.
It was captured — intentionally, systematically, and with profound consequences.
In a world where every institution claims to define “the truth,” but each one is subject to political, ideological, or foreign influence, the public is left with no common foundation at all.
And without shared truth, democracies cannot function.
This is the warning Stossel is sounding.
And it’s one every citizen should take seriously.
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