internet misinformation

[Alis Whitt]

My latest favorite is the story of my colleague who did a web search on 
whitehouse & went into the first "likely" site which turned out to be 
www.whitehouse.com.  I think he learned a lesson about the different 
kinds of information you get from .gov, .net & .com.  BTW, all three 
domains work with www.whitehouse & all illustrate a point -- 
though I wouldn't necessarily care to bring up that point (ahem) in 
front of a large audience.  

 Alis Whitt
 whitt at spinner.cofc.edu


On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Petter Naess wrote:

> I'm going to give a talk next week on evaluating internet information
> quality.   I think I've covered most of the sources, but am wondering if
> any of you have any particularly poignant or humorous examples of
> wrongful, misleading, or non-authentic internet information that you have
> encountered in your work. This is not going to be the thrust of my messag=
> e
> btw, I just need an anecdote or two. Thanks, Petter Naess
> 
> 
> Petter Naess
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