Evaluating "The Darfur Blog," Jesse, Terra and Jayme

Accuracy in "The Darfur Blog"

Links
This site links to other sites around the web that can verify what the author has written. Some stories have more links than others, but for the most part links are ubiquitious. One link we clicked on brought us to The Washington Times' home page, which was not relavent to the link name. Links should be directed to the appropiate data it's refrencing. Most links are overly generic and don't give the reader insight to the story itself. One link brought us to The China View's webpage which seemed credible because we were able to research the author and editor of the article.

Displaying Author's Names
There is no direct attribution to the author's names, the name is printed but there is no link complements the name. There is no established credibility because it is a blog, but there is wide selection of links to bring you to more well known news sites.


Timeliness
The latest blog entry was from August 20, 2009 which means it is not constantly updated and verified. That is likely why the links no longer took the reader to the appropriate article but rather the homepage. The author probably hasn't used his computer in quite some time.


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