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Faulty Links

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hello,

I'm 99% sure that the external URLs listed in this article aren't the correct ones. The "Official website" link leads to Davidson County's Dispatch news outlet (with a submission link for obituaries and a number of other features I doubt would be on a center-right political website), while the URL in the infobox links to The Athletic, a sports website. I think this is the proper link.

I'll defer to other editors, because political website entries aren't really my specialty, but I just wanted to note this! -MoreExtra (talk) 01:29, 20 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

Right-of-center

Latest comment: 1 year ago3 comments2 people in discussion

I changed conservative to right-of-center in the first sentence (diff) because conservative does not tell us much, i.e., it has become an imprecise adjective. The NY Times describes The Dispatch as right-of-center,^[1] and media bias raters use lean right^[2] or somewhat conservative^[3].

If other editors prefer a similar term, such as slightly to moderately conservative, that's fine by me, just not the vague conservative.

Note: Allsides is categorized as No Consensus (yellow shading) at WP:RSP, but appears as "Unreliable" (pink shading) in the reference list below. I don't know which is right. I intentionally did not use Ad Fontes or Media Bias/Fact Check b/c they are listed as unreliable at WP:RSP.

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↑ Mullin, Benjamin (2025-04-23). "The Dispatch Buys SCOTUSblog, a Supreme Court Mainstay". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
↑ "The Dispatch Media Bias Rating". AllSides. 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
↑ "The Dispatch". Biasly. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-04-23.

Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/him] 23:57, 23 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

I've changed the descriptor to center-right, which is a shorter and more common term with the same definition. — Newslinger talk 16:17, 25 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Oh good, that is better. Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/him] 15:53, 26 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

[1] Mullin, Benjamin (2025-04-23). "The Dispatch Buys SCOTUSblog, a Supreme Court Mainstay". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-04-23.

[2] "The Dispatch Media Bias Rating". AllSides. 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2025-04-24.

[3] "The Dispatch". Biasly. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-04-23.

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