Blog #5
After reviewing the website I quickly figured out that there are a lot of untrustworthy sites on the internet. I dont think anywhere on the site the actual author was listed. However it wasnt very clear because there was many authors of articles and very few quotes. I did see at the bottom of one of the pages it said “join MLK discussion forum- hosted by stormfront”…after clicking on stormfront the first thing i saw was their slogan “White Pride World Wide”. That was my only clue. The opening page of this site clearly indicated it is not something I would show my future students. I knew this when i saw the Kings so called cries “Im f–ing for God” right on the left side of the page! I knew it definitely was not appropriate for any student k-12 to read. I still think that it is hard for students to go to find more trustworthy sites, I think i have a hard time still! But if you look at the address of the site it does say .org which of course could be a tip-off that it is not exactly trustworthy! After going to google and searching for Martin Luther King I discovered the website second from the top! I was shocked actually! I always thought that the most credible sources were at the top. I honestly dont really know how this site got so high on the list. The only thing I can think of is many people have visited the site and may actually believe it is a credible source. Underneath the link it does say “a valuable source for teachers and students alike”, so maybe that has something to do with it. I really just couldnt believe what I found!
