Should you trust everything you read on the internet?
When the internet was first exposed to the world, it was mostly used for electronic emailing. As time went by, more and more servers, protocols, routes, have added onto that same internet that was once nearly uninhabited. But in order to access this World Wide web you'll need a search engine. Like BBC pointed out, you'll need a web browser in order to access these millions and millions of servers in the internet. What most people do when they look up something
is that they immediately click the first 5 links that show up on your search browser, but just because those are up top, doesn't mean that they'll be the best.
Because the world wide web is growing every year, it starts gives more and more "stuff" for people to be able to do, whether its bad or good, that's up to ones choice. But because someone wrote something about the Obama Administration having to do with an outrage in Texas, they released a "warning" stating that you can't believe everything you read. In this statement they explain how important the internet is to help spread information across the world but you have to keep in mind the sources from where you read this information from. There are many sources in the internet that just expose false information and try to scam you any way they can (Pfeiffer). For my last source I decided to go with CBS. In they're article they go over multiple examples of what has happened to people who believed in the false advertisements and got themselves scammed. They talk about Dr.Oz's false claims about a product that supposedly would work but as people were using it they didn't notice any real benefits from it. Further into the document they discuss what people should actually do in order to prevent themselves from getting scammed or tricked into false news (Thomas).
In conclusion to this Blog Post, I would say that whenever you're browsing online just be aware of the sources you look into, make sure that certain websites have "https" meaning that the S at the end stands for secure. Also make sure that the source is reliable like whitehouse.gov, BBC, NewYork times, anything that sounds familiar. I am aware that all the sources pretty much revolve around"being aware of what websites you go into", but as i was lookign up soruces that was the most common issue that people commited while going online.
"Should I Trust Everything I Read on the Web?" N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zt9thyc#zyqyvcw>.
Pfeiffer, Dan. "You Can't Believe Everything You Read." The White House. The White House, 04 Feb. 2011. Web. 19 Sept. 2016. <https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/04/you-cant-believe-everything-you-read>.
Thomas, Eric. "Don't Believe Everything You Read On The Internet (And 6 Ways To Be More Skeptical)." CBS Detroit. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2016. <http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/06/26/dont-believe-everything-you-read-on-the-internet-and-6-ways-to-be-more-skeptical/>.