[NCLUG] Re: "Green" power.

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Paul Hummer <paul at eventuallyanyway.com>wrote:

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> John,
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> > The amount of almost purposeful disinformation is almost alarming.
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> There are a lot facts in your response.  The wikipedia user in me is
> screaming [citation needed] though.  If you're going to state that the
> initial information is purposefully alarming AND inaccurate, I'd like to
> see citations from non-biased sources.  Opinions matter to me, yes, but
> when you present your statements as THE de facto answers, then I can't
> just "take your word for it."


As a high school media specialist I see all too often that young people are
clueless about the quality of info on the net and how to discern fact from
opinion or even true facts from purported facts. I for one would like to see
at least a link to something that is the source for a claim whenever
possible. If people do check facts then a like to the site they checked
allows us to check that too and decide for ourselves if it's a source we are
willing to accept as well.

Now, I'm not saying that every claim needs this but when something is
contentious or difficult a link or two would really help - and it's just
good practice too. :)

Thanks.
-- 
Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
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