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to be neutral” National Public Radio, “Conservapedia: Data for Birds of a Liberal Feather?” March 13, 2007. Available online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8286084 .
    1 37,000 plus pages of content As of September 15, 2011. See http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:Statistics .
    1 wrongly claiming Conservapedia , “Causes of Homosexuality,” accessed September 16, 2011. See http://conservapedia.com/Causes_of_Homosexuality .
    1 contrary to psychological consensus American Psychological Association, “Sexual orientation and homosexuality,” noting, “most people experience little or no sense of choice about their sexual orientation”; “lesbian, gay, and bisexual orientations are not disorders. Research has found no inherent association between any of these sexual orientations and psychopathology”; and “To date, there has been no scientifically adequate research to show that therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation (sometimes called reparative or conversion therapy) is safe or effective.” See http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx .
    1 incorrectly asserting Conservapedia , “Abortion Breast Cancer Studies,” accessed September 16, 2011. See http://conservapedia.com/Abortion_breast_cancer_studies .
    1 contrary to medical consensus National Cancer Institute, “Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk” fact sheet, noting, “having an abortion or miscarriage does not increase a woman’s subsequent risk of developing breast cancer.” Available online at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/abortion-miscarriage .
    2 theory of relativity Conservapedia, “Theory of Relativity,” accessed September 15, 2011. http://www.conservapedia.com/Theory_of_relativity . The page has been edited since the author first accessed it, and may be edited again. Screenshots were saved.
    2 a long webpage of “counterexamples” Conservapedia, “Counterexamples to Relativity,” Accessed September 15, 2011, http://conservapedia.com/Counterexamples_to_Relativity .
    2 “continues to read the Bible” Conservapedia , “Counterexamples to Relativity.”
    2 “action-at-a-distance by Jesus” Conservapedia , “Counterexamples to Relativity.”
    2 GPS devices . . . PET scans and particle accelerators Chad Orzel, How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog , New York: Basic Books, 2012.
    2 more . . . Bible references were added As of August 2010, when many blogs were refuting Conservapedia’s claims about relativity, 24 “counterexamples” were cited. As of September 15, 2011, there were 36.
    3 different approach to editing than Wikipedia Interview with former Conservapedia contributor Trent Toulouse, September 24, 2011.
    3 “We’ve got our own way to express knowledge” Conservapedia video uploaded to YouTube, May 29, 2008, accessed September 15, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AxMYstiV74 . The video is also available via People for the American Way’s “Right Wing Watch” at http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/conservative-way-knowing .
    5 Many conservatives believe President Obama is a Muslim Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, “Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim,” August 19, 2010, noting, “Roughly a third of conservative Republicans (34%) say Obama is a Muslim.” Available online at http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1701/poll-obama-muslim-christian-church-out-of-politics-political-leaders-religious .
    5 “not clear” whether he had been born in the United States Project on International Policy Attitudes, “Misinformation and the 2010 Election,” December 2010. Available online at http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_rpt.pdf .
    5 Manchurian candidate David Kupelian, “Yes, Barack Obama really is a Manchurian candidate,” WorldNetDaily.com ,