Crap Detection 101

The answer to almost any question is available within seconds, courtesy of the invention that has altered how we discover knowledge - the search engine. Materializing answers from the air turns out to be the easy part - the part a machine can do. The real difficulty kicks in when you click down into your search results. At that point, it's up to you to sort the accurate bits from the misinfo, disinfo, spam, scams, urban legends, and hoaxes. "Crap ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
3.9
by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 7, 2009

Great overview of the emerging field of web literacy, with practical tips for verifying the credibility of the information you find online. This thoughtful article provides extensive links to factual evidence, and cites a wide range of trusted sources to support its points. Highly recommended.

I'm delighted that NewsTrust is included as a valuable resource in this article. (Disclosure: I am NewsTrust's executive director, and therefore will abstain from having my rating be counted for review purposes)

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