"60 Minutes" and Web Site Evaluations

[Linda Absher]

Okay--I'll be the first one to bring this up:  did anyone watch the "60 
Minutes" report on the difficulty in determining the 
authority/authenticity of info presented via the web?  I know tv ratings 
thrive by presenting a subject as if it were The Next Big Catastrophe, 
but I was taken aback by its ominous, cataclysmic tone, and its attempts 
to suggest that children may be yet again at risk when using the web.  

And not even a faint mention of the ability of libarians to evaluate 
information available on the web....

LInda

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