Ashley Rindsberg

Ashley Rindsberg is a South African-born writer, journalist, and Wikipedia critic. In 2001, he worked with the History of Recent Science and Technology Project at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at MIT, and for the Internet Archive on their bookmobile project in 2003.

Rindsberg has contributed for multiple news website including the Huffpost, PragerU, and Pirate Wires as a senior editor. He's the author of Tel Aviv Stories (2011) and The Gray Lady Winked: How The New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions & Fabrications Radically Alter History (2021). Since 2024, Rindsberg has been critical of Wikipedia, accusing it of having bias in its coverage.

Early life and education Rindsberg was born in South Africa. He moved to the United States as a child. Rindsberg graduated from Cornell University with a degree in philosophy and a BA in science and technology studies, focusing on the philosophy of science and innovation theory.

Career

2001–persent: Early career and writing In 2001, Rindsberg began working with the History of Recent Science and Technology Project at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology at MIT. This was a project to digitize the printed archive at the Cornell Center for Materials Science. Rindsberg is also a contributor to The Daily Beast, PragerU, Fox News, and The Times of Israel. He announced in October 2024 that he was joining the blog Pirate Wires as a senior editor.

In 2021, Rindsberg wrote about alleged misreporting by The New York Times in his book The Gray Lady Winked: How The New York Times Misreporting, Distortions & Fabrications Radically Alter History. The book was a response to Rindsberg learning from William Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich that, at the outset of World War 2, The New York Times reported Poland invaded Germany. In any case, Rindsberg said he was inspired to write on the history of The Times mistakes and the ramifications thereof, accusing the paper of "manufacturing false narratives that serve the paper's political interests" in his book.

Wikipedia coverage

Since 2024, Rindsberg has written articles accusing Wikipedia of bias in its coverage, including in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Rindsberg is creator and editor of NeutralPOV, a substack newsletter dedicated to criticizing Wikipedia.

Personal life In the mid-2000s,