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By: sunburned cowgirl

sunburned cowgirl — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:18:49 +0000

I love how you explained how easy it is for news publications to publish ads that look like articles for a quick buck. I think its 1) scary and 2) harmful how much things like this occur, and also how little people seem to realize they are getting their “facts” from an ad. Your post has me thinking a lot to my past projects and research essays. I am wondering if I used any ads, and if I did how did I not catch it, and also how did my professors not catch it… This upsets me, because it shows that even professionals and scholars don’t realize their “facts” and “statistics” are actually coming from ads sometimes.

I like how you mentioned Wikipedia in this post. I agree that Wikipedia is a helpful tool and has an awful reputation. I think Wiki should be more accepted for the starting point of research. Obviously, it is not smart to get all your information from a Wiki page, but it should be a starting place to find sources.

By: e.g.lane

e.g.lane — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:10:44 +0000

To me, it is super discouraging to know that I have to police almost everything that I come across. I know it isn’t a perfect world, but it blew my mind that I have to look for the tiniest clues, like ‘with’, to simply find reliable information. It’s simply the way the world is now. It’s a challenge that we all have to face if we want good, reliable news. I feel like Verified has been a great tool for detecting fake news. I wont be perfect, but I feel more equipped to internet surf without feeling overwhelmed.

By: lary_rin

lary_rin — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:52:33 +0000

I didn’t talk much about Wikipedia in my post, but I do agree that there was this sense of relief to know that not all of Wikipedia is bad like we’re told. I tend to use Wikipedia as a fact checker of sorts where if something I read elsewhere seems a little suspicious I check in with Wikipedia to make sure that there is truth behind it. Of course there’s that dded step of checking the sources to make sure Wikipedia didn’t just get it from whatever it is I’m reading. Having this new gained knowledge of how Wikipedia editing works makes me feel a little more confident.