Comments on: Dodging misinformation http://web-owls.com/2008/02/05/dodging-misinformation/ Searching and Researching Sat, 17 May 2008 06:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bowler http://web-owls.com/2008/02/05/dodging-misinformation/#comment-28109 bowler Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:52:53 +0000 http://web-owls.com/2008/02/05/dodging-misinformation/#comment-28109 As a librarian and an avid Internet researcher I agree with all those points. I usually stress the point about the type of website the information is coming from. For example, if you are looking for information about a drug, a .com website that sells the drug may be a bit biased and inflate the claims of the drug while the FDA, Mayo Clinic or PDR website will be a bit more reliable because they are more trusted sources. The spread of misinformation happens in the print world also, albeit at a much slower rate. Books like "Natural Cures They Don't Want You To Know About" and others like it are examples of this. Thanks for the post. As a librarian and an avid Internet researcher I agree with all those points. I usually stress the point about the type of website the information is coming from. For example, if you are looking for information about a drug, a .com website that sells the drug may be a bit biased and inflate the claims of the drug while the FDA, Mayo Clinic or PDR website will be a bit more reliable because they are more trusted sources. The spread of misinformation happens in the print world also, albeit at a much slower rate. Books like “Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know About” and others like it are examples of this.

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