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Pull up the following website and evaluate it for accuracy.

http://www.citizensfortruth.org

Look for contact information and see if you can determine the purpose of the website. Why was this site produced?

Compare the following 2 sites for authority. Which has more authority and why?

http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html

http://www.ovaprima.org

Can you spot the bias in the following websites or do they seem objective? Why?

http://www.martinlutherking.org

http://www.jeremiahproject.com/halloween.html

Which of the following sites does a better job of covering its subject? Why?

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v01/v01p--5_Butz.html

Are these for real?

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

http://www.malepregnancy.com/

http://www.well.com/user/gail/ladies

http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html

http://city-mankato.us

Finally, be careful what you type! Note the difference between:

http://www.whitehouse.gov

http://www.whitehouse.net

http://www.whitehouse.org

http://www.whitehouse.com