give me a source

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-26-2003
give me a source
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Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:47pm

it is tossed around here often enough: "please give me a source." LOL I always ask. but too often when a source is given, it is labeled as biased. sometimes the label is true, sometimes not.

my observation is: we are at the point where our sources of information do not overlap as liberals and conservatives. i feel like all the sites i would consider unbiased - such a factcheck.org - are now being discredited as liberal.

so i am asking you to give me a source, an unbiased source, so that i don't have to waste time giving you a source that you won't considered to be credible.

Bea

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-07-2005
Thu, 10-02-2008 - 11:10pm

I can totally see where you are coming from. I have run into problems myself with getting questioned on sources. I feel as though the challenger, instead of just questioning your source, should take the time to find their own source to aide in their rubuke. People could go back and forth all day citing different sources though. I try to ultimately find raw data for whatever issue I'm discussing, but some issues are too subjective. I'm not the best debater which is why I don't post much. I tend to "feel" what I think is right, and that isn't something I can use in a debate. lol.

Personally, if you and I were debating something and you used factcheck, but I didn't think they were right on that issue, I would try to find the original source of the issue to the best of my ability. Good luck.










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