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Neutral?

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There are issues with neutrality here. The article seems to be written by someone in full support of this man's positions. Kjscotte34 (talk) 12:09, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Presently, many are demanding Phil be fired over this racist tirade." Is this appropriate? Wouldn't a better wording be "Presently, many are demanding Phil be fired over what they consider to be a racist tirade"? Not sure if this is worth an edit or not. FF9 (talk) 00:01, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What you wrote is better than what's there. But we have to watch out for words like "they", or anything else that could be considered a weasel word. I'll take a look at it later in the day, see if I can rephrase it better if no one else does. Right now it's early and I haven't even finished my first cup of coffee yet. Good catch on that FF9. Kjscotte34 (talk) 12:16, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ignorance and inaccuracies

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"The columns—written in a highly personal, muckraking style—cover numerous subjects that attempt to expose hypocrisy in sports, criticize exploitation of sex and "attitude" in sports programming, advocate on the behalf of ticket-holders, and express ignorance and/or inaccuracies."

Isn't the line above saying that his columns display ignorance or am I misreading it? If that's what it's supposed to say, then it's not really neutral, especially not without any citations or attributions. Edit: Never mind. It looks like there was an anonymous edit made in 2016 that went ignored. It used to say "expose ignorance and/or inaccuracies perpetrated by broadcasters."5.107.187.128 (talk) 20:54, 13 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"WWF/Vince" - rename this section Professional Wrestling and its fans?

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It seems to me that since Mushnick is not merely a critic of one company or one promoter but is opposed to the very idea of worked professional wrestling and is hell bent on stigmatising its fanbase as a supposed social class, this section should be renamed as suggested above, to reflect the wide scope of his prejudice.
If there are no replies to this by Friday 5th July, I shall assume this is an uncontroversial suggestion and apply the edit myself.62.190.148.115 (talk) 11:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, it's Friday 5th and no-one has objected so I shall assume everyone is happy with the proposed change. I shall put a mention of this thread in the edit summary so that anyone who wants to change it back can discuss the subject on here.62.190.148.115 (talk) 08:53, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality out the window

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Wiki’s best authors keeping things “neutral” as usual, I see. Yes, I’m being sarcastic. Calling a sports writer a racist and not backing up at least with facts. This is libel and defamatory. 68.132.105.205 (talk) 23:42, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]