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Background:
Much like the case with recovered memories, child molestation, and sexual assault, there exists a small minority that say that unless there is hard evidence (there usually isn't, and unless the accused confesses you have the word of the accuser against the word of the accused) all accusations of dog whistling are false.
There is a somewhat larger minority who say that all accusations of dog whistling are true. And an even larger group (but still a tiny minority) who appear to reject any accusations of dog whistling against their favorite politicians and celebrities but accept accusations of dog whistling against people they don't like. So we get the perverse result of innocent people being hounded out of their jobs, and guilty people getting away with it because people have cried wolf one time too many.
NPOV calls for having the article cover both the always innocent and always guilty views, but only as the fringe views they are.
So how does this play out in this article? In the examples. A NPOV viewpoint will simply look and see if prominent sources call something a dog whistle. I purposely specified "prominent" as opposed to "reliable" because no source is reliable on whether a particular statement is a dog whistle. It's always an opinion and we always report it as such.
On the other hand, someone who is pushing one of the above fringe views will look at an example and, depending on whether it supports their POV, leave it in or take it out without regard to what prominent sources call it. Sometimes this takes the form of deciding that some published opinions are obviously right while others are obviously wrong.
Again, NPOV calls for having the article cover both the always innocent and always guilty views, but only as the fringe views they are, and in general to inform the reader that both true accusations and false accusations exist. -- Guy Macon ( talk) 17:54, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
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