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[Jan Whitaker]

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[via Michael Lean's newsletter]

4. News on Web Forgeries -- Network Nuggets
The subject: two examples of failure to check the validity of
what you read on the Web.
This news-essay from ZDNet News (affiliated with the journal
"PC Magazine") relates two recent Web forgeries: a false
company news release, and a pastry recipe -- from magicians Penn
and Teller -- that covers your kitchen counter with goo. It's
a 1000-word essay with a Grade 11 reading level. The URL is
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2635895,00.html
Its point is that both Internet messages appear believable.
In fact, the company news release was widely reported by
Dow Jones News Service and Bloomberg and others; *none* of
their reporters checked to see if the story was true.
This essay may be useful to you for teaching your students
the absolute necessity of checking Web sources.

Jan
JLWhitaker Associates
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit@primenet.com  --  http://www.primenet.com/~jwhit/whitentr.htm
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