Trust Issues

It seems that the greater people's access to something, the less pure it becomes. The information presented on the internet is no different - things are twisted, malnourished or bloated for the sake of an audience's desires. There are so many hands in this honey pot that we're grabbing at each others' fingers, no honey left.

So what makes me doubt the credibility of the expanse of information available on the internet? Perhaps the fact that literally anyone can say anything.

Sites like Perez Hilton's are run off of people hungry for their pop culture fix. There's nothing wrong with that; there's fact in the celebrity life. However, the site is fueled off of second hand information and whim. For instance, when Micheal Jackson died, with media outlets running news of his death, Perez actually reported it as a lie - a media ploy for attention. When there is proof to solidify the reported rumors, I accept it. Other than that, I can't take it as anything other than a way to pass the time.

What's the one site that every teacher universally agrees to forbid us from using was a source for our papers? Wikipedia. Wikipedia goes directly along with what I'm saying: everyone has access to it and is able to manipulate it. Wikipedia is a good for an over view, but it's usually filled with "holes" and "maybes."

A site I do find credible is this one. Oyez is the database I use to learn about certain court cases and the legal processes/consequences that arose from them. It is formed in a logical, purely factual way that leaves out any sort of bias. Everything that is presented on this site can be looked up elsewhere, proven without room for doubt.