The Tucker Carlson Show Wikipedia Co-Creator Reveals All: CIA Infiltration, Banning Conservatives, & How to Fix the Internet
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Sep 29, 2025 
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia and president of the Knowledge Standards Foundation, reflects on the platform's troubling transformation from an unbiased encyclopedia to one subject to ideological influence and possibly even intelligence agency edits. He discusses how original neutrality was compromised, the harmful effects of labeling certain views as 'fringe,' and calls for reforms, including transparent leadership and diverse perspectives. Sanger's passionate plea highlights the urgent need to restore Wikipedia's integrity and accountability.
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Origins Of Wikipedia
- Larry Sanger recounts how Wikipedia began as Newpedia and became a wiki after discovering Ward Cunningham's idea.
- He credits Jimmy Wales for hiring him and says they launched wikipedia.com in January 2001.
Neutrality Policy Shift Enables Bias
- The NPOV policy now defines neutrality by citing "significant" and "reliable" sources, which permits excluding minority or new views.
- Sanger argues this change forces Wikipedians to write biasedly by labeling dissenting views as "fringe."
Wikipedia Mirrored Media's Shift
- Sanger links Wikipedia's ideological drift to broader media shift toward a center-left establishment voice from ~2010 onward.
- He says the project mirrored mainstream media, and later consolidated left-leaning editorial control around 2016.
