C- Currency- The article was written on June 30, 2009. That means that, on the day of this writing, the article is four days from being seven months old. This means that the article is not very current. However, the topic, which is about reliable sources on the internet, does not age quickly, especially with the methods mentioned in the article, which the author managed to apply to his sources for over ten years, as stated by Rheingold.
R-Reliability-The article is about online research and how one can verify the online sources. This article is filled with links. At nearly every point in which the article references an outside source, there is a link to the outside source, and usually more. With the ability to check where Rheingold got his information, we can get a good check of the articles reliability.
A-Authority- The article was written by Howard Rheingold, who looks around the internet for such things as reliability in facts recieved online. As this is the man's job, I think one can find the article to have come from a trusted source. Also, the article was posted on SF Gate, the home page of the San Fransisco Chronicle. As a newspaper, the site can also be seen as fairly trustworthy. There are a few advertisements, but they have little to nothing to do with the article, so it can be assumed that they were randomly chosen.
P-Purpose/Point of View- I found that the article had some opinion about it. He stated his opinion that most people do not have the necessary knowledge to check their facts. However, as stated previously, the article does have a fair deal of links, so most of the things stated in the article, mainly the methods of checking the facts, do have a basis in fact. The sole purpose of the article is to educate people on the risks of online searching and how to make sure they have the right information.
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