Unreliable sources

1. 1. Type in your PARTY answer for the following online source.

2. 2. State your reason(s) why it is unreliable source.

Answer explanation

1. Purpose: Sharing opinion about cheating.

Author: Beautiful Words.

References: Personal opinion, no research evidence statements to support this opinion.

Time: August 9, year not given.

You: Unreliable source.

2. Reason: This source is unreliable because this source is a facebook post and the author is sharing their opinion without any proof.

***We now know that personal facebook posts are unreliable sources.

1. 1. Type in your PARTY answer for the following online source.

2. 2. State your reason(s) why it is unreliable source.

Answer explanation

1. Purpose: Sharing author's experience and guide to planning year.

Author: Leo Babauta.

References: Personal opinion, no research evidence statements to support this opinion.

Time: Not given.

You: Unreliable source.

2. Reason: This source is unreliable because this source is a personal blog, uses the first language 'I' and the author is sharing their experiences and how that would be helpful without any proof.

***You now know that a personal blog is an unreliable source.

You can read more of this blog by clicking on the link below.

https://zenhabits.net/planning/

1. 1. Type in your PARTY answer for the following online source.

2. 2. State your reason(s) why it is unreliable source.

Answer explanation

1. Purpose: Sharing opinion about measles vaccine being helpful.

Author: Jennifer Gunter.

References: Personal opinion, no research evidence statements to support this opinion.

Time: December, 7 2019.

You: Unreliable source.

2. Reason: This source is unreliable because this source is a twitter post and the author is sharing their opinion without any proof.

***We now know that Twitter posts are unreliable sources.

1. 1. Type in your PARTY answer for the following online source.

2. 2. State your reason(s) why it is unreliable source.

Answer explanation

1. Purpose: Sharing facts about Covid vaccine.

Author: Dr. Tom Frieden.

References: Personal experience, no research evidence statements to support this doctor's experience.

Time: June 9 2021.

You: Unreliable source.

2. Reason: This source is unreliable because this source is a blog post that looks alot like news and the author is sharing their opinion without any proof.

***Some blog posts act alot like news like from Medium.com website which you have just read about Covid Vaccines. These are not reliable because they are written by ordinary people. Even if they are written by a doctor who is a professional in the medical practice area, this source cannot be used as a reliable one because there are not enough academic evidence that support their statements.

You can read more about this Covid Vaccine in the link below.

https://coronavirus.medium.com/five-facts-about-covid-vaccines-8c04e0edde05

1. 1. Type in your PARTY answer for the following online source.

2. 2. State your reason(s) why it is unreliable source.

Answer explanation

1. Purpose: Sharing breaking news.

Author: Bob the Empire News Potato.

References: writing quotes and people's statements, no evidence where the author gets this from.

Time: January 12 2020.

You: Unreliable source.

2. Reason: This source is unreliable because this source has given us alot of statements from other people that looks alot like news without any links/sources that lead to the evidence.

***Some online posts act alot like news, for example, Empire News website which you have just read about Donald Trump. These are not reliable because they have included other people statements but didn't include the source/links where they get this information from. These posts are most likely to be written from someone's own memory.

You can read more about this in the link below.

https://empirenews.net/breaking-president-trump-arrested-leaving-trump-tower-in-new-york/