Tracking Cited Sources
Here is an article I chose from The New York Times.
Europeans Voice Anger Over Reports of Spying by U.S. on Its Allies
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/world/europe/europeans-voice-anger-over-reports-of-spying-by-us-on-its-allies.html?ref=world&_r=0
When looking at this article and comparing it to Criteria to Evaluate the Credibility of www Resources, I feel confident that the news being reported here is newsworthy. Comparing this article to the Criteria for Credibility, this is what I have found:
1 - I researched the reported and even the contributing reporter from Baltimore. All three Journalists are established in their field.
2 - The Journalists who reported this story are all linked to The New York Times and have provided numerous stories on the website. There are emails addresses provided for the authors.
3 - 2 of the three authors have peer reviews that I could find online.
4 - I see no sign of bias in this article. However, the article is about the anger of U.S Allies about Europeans voicing their anger over reports of spying by the U.S. There is nothing in the story telling of a European country not upset.
5 - This is an up to date article. One thing I noticed was that this article does link to The Guardian article that gave additional details about the spying.
6 - There is not a complete list of works cited, however, many people are quoted in this story, along with the link to The Guardian.
7 - I feel like the article and the background of 2 of the authors are fully covered. I would want to dig deeper to see more of the 1 reporter that I could not find peer reviews on. However, he is well-established as a New York Times reporter. I think if my time was limited, it would still be easy for me to find more information on this story. Several websites are reporting this story right now.
8 - This is a News and Journalistic site (E-zines). I feel like The New York Times and The Guardian are well-established. I have confidence in what these sites are reporting.
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ReplyDeleteSuzanne --
ReplyDeleteThis was a really interesting article. I think your findings on its credibility using the critera we were given are correct; it seems credible to me as well. I typically trust the pieces I read on News and Journalistic sites such as The Times. Great work!
-- Alena
Hi Elena - Thank you. I thought it was a pretty interesting article, too. I think this whole spying thing is going to blow up into something way bigger than what we currently know. Unreal!
DeleteThank you for your reply.
Regards,
Suzanne
Suzanne,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job summarizing the points to validate having credibility for what you were reading. It showed a logical flow to your analysis and a real understanding of our goal.
One of the things our teachings are making me more aware and curious about is trusting sources. Based on validating this article, are you more likely to just read the next New York Times article and assume it is as credibly reported as this one was, or do you think you'll take the time to validate stories more before reading them one by one?
I'm wondering about where the line gets between healthy skepticism and unhealthy cynicism. What are your thoughts?
Hi Sue -
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post. I think when it comes to trusting sources, this is a great exercise! A lot of times, people think that if a certain publication prints the story, it must be reliable. I don't think this is necessarily true. I do think that reputation means a lot to news agencies, threrfore, they have earned their reputation as being good or bad.
Regards,
Suzanne
Hi Suzanne,
ReplyDeleteInteresting choice of article and a topic that will continue to be in the news in the coming months. Going through this process to check and validate sources does make you a more careful reader..
Established papers like the New York Times and The Guardian have reputations for accurate reporting. Do you think you would have been as trusting of the source if you read the same article on The Huffington Post or on a blog like Slate or Salon?
Just curious...thanks for a good read!
Susan EM
Hi Susan -
ReplyDeleteI know that Huffington Post, Slate and Salon can be somewhqat biased. I still think the news they report is good noews, though. The thing is, they get the news out there - - how I choose to interpret it is another thing. I thing I would use the Criteria to critique www resources if I doubted something in a story.
Thanks for your post!
Suzanne