Talk:Project Veritas

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Q1: Why does this article describe Project Veritas negatively?

A1: Wikipedia's aim is not to ensure articles are neither overtly positive or negative, but to ensure articles are written based on what reliable sources say; the neutral point of view policy defines neutrality as representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic. This means that if many reliable sources have a negative opinion of a subject, the article will most likely be negative. Since most reliable sources describe Project Veritas negatively, this article also describes Project Veritas negatively.

Q2: Why does this article say that Project Veritas is far-right?

A2: The "far-right" descriptor is amply and reliably sourced. Over a dozen independent and reliable sources describe Project Veritas as a far-right organization. Please see these references for details.

Q3: Why does this article say that Project Veritas is an "activist group"?

A3: The "activist" descriptor is based on many multiple independent and reliable sources. These sources describe Project Veritas as an activist organization or a group of activists. Please see these references for details.

Q4: Why does this article say that Project Veritas edited videos "deceptively"?

A4: The "deceptive" phrasing is cited to many multiple high-quality reliable sources. More than a dozen independent and reliable sources describe Project Veritas editing its videos in a "deceptive", "misleading", or "manipulative" manner. Please see these references for details.

Q5: But what if the sources are biased?

A5: Reliable sources are, according to Wikipedia:Reliable sources § Biased or opinionated sources, not required to be neutral, unbiased, or objective. If you have reliable sources that express contrary points of view or refute any statements in this article, please feel free to discuss them here. If you are unsure if a source is reliable, you can check to see if it is listed at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources § Sources or search the archives of Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard to see if its reliability has been discussed in the past.

Q6: Shouldn't this article avoid using as sources media outlets against which Project Veritas has published exposés?

A6: Some editors have made the argument that, because Project Veritas has targeted various news outlets (such as The Washington Post, CNN, and NPR) in its operations, those news outlets should be considered unreliable with respect to Project Veritas due to conflict of interest. A 2020 discussion at Wikipedia talk:Verifiability found that disqualification of sources based on alleged conflicts of interest such as this did not have community consensus.

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Replace "In January 2021, a lawyer for PBS resigned after Project Veritas released a video of him." with "Michael Beller, a former PBS lawyer, was recorded in a Project Veritas video making controversial statements about the 2020 U.S. presidential election and the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to his resignation from PBS."

Explanation:

Under Deceptive video recordings, every sub header explains who was recorded and what the potential issue was except the PBS lawyer video (2021) sub header. This one, though sourced to AP, Current, and PBS articles, fails to establish the Wikipedia:Notability for inclusion and lacks Wikipedia:Neutral point of view as explained in the FAQ on this TP as it currently stands. As per the rest of the tone of this article, the name of the lawyer in question should be added and a short, neutral summary of what happened that lead to his resignation.

2601:19E:427E:5BB0:30AA:55DF:4E2C:8345 (talk) 02:08, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

wp:n apples to article creation, not content. Slatersteven (talk) 09:37, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear why the lawyer should be named. It wasn't a notable person, I don't see that leaving the name out is a problem of notability or neutrality. The targets of PV's stings are only sometimes named in these pages, every sub header explains who was recorded is simply false. Arguably fewer of them should be named. But I agree it is usual that the general nature of the controversial remarks would be mentioned. I'll take a crack at it. -- M.boli (talk) 18:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]