Don’t believe everything you read
I thought it would be terribly clever to post an April Fool’s article. It wasn’t. I lost some credibility. Many of you come here trusting what you read. That’s the way it should be.
I used to believe everything I read until I took a course in Propaganda Analysis at Iowa State University. Our class compared the same news event as reported in various media. It was as if we were reading about different events.
Twenty years practicing law made me even more skeptical. I now question everything I read, and I’m suggesting that you do the same. Whether it’s an email that appears to come from your bank, a sounds-to-good-to-be-true claim on TV, or a website that looks legitimate but doesn’t pass the smell test.
I stumbled across this tutorial that teaches you how to evaluate the health information that you find on the Web. The principles learned will help you evaluate any website.
If you receive an email that sounds unbelievable, or you just want to verify what it says, try Snopes, the urban legends website.
If you suspect a scam, check out ScamBusters.org
Question everything you hear, read or see on TV. Remember, there ain’t no free lunch, the purple pill isn’t right for everyone, and I’m not ready to quit bloggin, yet.
