[steven]

Something that I have been noticing is that even reliable sources on the internet (like news websites or popular websites for articles) often copy each other. I've seen word for word cases as well as copying sources. If that original source is wrong, then you have like 5 news sites reporting misinformation.

When I was in college I used to have access to their electronic library (as I'm sure is the case with most college students) which had tons of electronically saved scholarly articles. Now that I've graduated I cannot access those articles any more, although I saved some that were of interest at the time. So much for life long learning! At any rate, those articles are usually the best sources because not only are they written by people who know what they are talking about (at least the majority of the time), but they are checked by people who also know what they are talking about.

Any news site is in it to make money, just like the news on TV. If you want to have a laugh, look up any kind of "help"/"health" websites. You might find it interesting how their list of natural cures goes from probable to the realm of pseudo science and into the absurd.

It's my opinion though that no source is without its biases and misinformation. Just look at what kinds of things were considered medicine less than a century ago (or study about ADD, which really had a boom about 20 years ago). There will always be bogus-- even with "reliable sources". I personally like to get as much information as possible and use my brain as a filter to try to get a general idea of what's going on and what other people are thinking about it.

I agree that it's dangerous to just take a look at one source (particularly an internet website/blog) and take it as the "word".