Could the same not be said about Hexbear/Lemmy?

No, they’re not amateur historical records. 5th graders do not look up information about the trail of tears or Tienanmen square here.

While there certainly have been cases where people acting directly at the behest of capitol have been caught directly editing Wikipedia, these changes are typically caught and reversed.

This is beyond naive.

These open platforms reflect the values and biases of the people who contribute to them.

And large orgs can “correct the record” and do.

Leftists contribute to Hexbea

Nope just

So it may appear that capitol is directly editing the pages, but in reality, capitol is manufacturing consent at a global scale, and that is reflected on Wikipedia because the consumers of that manufactured consent become the producers when they go to edit Wikipedia.

A distinction without a difference.

When cracks in the neoliberal messaging begin to become evident to the masses, so too does Wikipedia reflect that: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/21/headlines/wikipedia_declares_adl_an_unreliable_source_on_t

Wow one of their mouthpieces was slightly inconvenienced. Wikipedia allows tons of garbage BBC. Wapo etc.