In the article "Truth and the Net", Cory Doctorow examines that you can't trust what you read on the Internet but, not only that, you can't really trust any form of the media. Not only can it be bias but it could be altered on the Internet or comments can be amended on the following week's newspaper.
Wikipedia was the perfect example of how the Internet can change information in a split second through Internet users, even though it s a site that is supposed to be looked upon as a dictionary. The ideas may be accurate but to use it as your main resource would lead to problems.
There is also the problem, as was mentioned, that anyone could post online. People even have the ability to create their own websites through free services and write about what ever they wish to, as long as it does not afflict upon any laws or other people's rights.
Even though all of this is true, people are going to believe what ever they want to believe even if it does seem to be faulty. They do, however, have the chance to piece together all the information they receive from different resources and decide for themselves which is accurate (at least to the highest degree) or which is completely falsified.
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