19 Activity: Evaluate a Site

Evaluate the reputations of the following sites by “reading laterally.” Answer the following questions to determine the reputability of each site: Who runs them? To what purpose? What is their history of accuracy, and how do they rate on process, aim, and expertise?

  1. http://cis.org/vaughan/...
  2. http://www.al.com/news/montgomery/...
  3. https://codoh.com/media/files/...
  4. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...
  5. http://www.dailykos.com/...
  6. https://nsidc.org/
  7. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/...
  8. http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/11...
  9. http://principia-scientific.org/...
  10. http://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/abs/2016/05/...
  11. https://www.rt.com/news/...
  12. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/...
  13. http://www.naturalnews.com/...
  14. http://fauxcountrynews.com/...

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