Good source or bad source

Professors, doctors, or other researchers writing papers or studies about their area of expertise.

• Good source

• Bad source

Wikipedia

• Good source

• Bad source

Expert at "think tanks"

• Good source

• Bad source

Journalists' opinion

• Good source

• Bad source

• Not so good source

Journalists reporting on facts in existence in the world

• Good source

• Bad source

Journalists reporting the statement and opinions of experts

• Good source

• Bad source

• Depends on the credibility of the experts being quoted

Blogs written by anonymous individuals or random members of the public.

• Good source

• Bad source

Subject matter experts, even if they are not professors or PhDs, when writing about subjects they have worked.

• Good source

• Bad source

Answer explanation

For example, the leader of a food aid program who has spent years working among the poor in Africa: he may not have a PhD in foreign policy, but he would be credible if he makes statements about hunger in Africa.

Websites with no author's name listed.

• Good source

• Bad source

articles from websites that belong to credible organizations.

• Can be good source

• Always bad source