How to Know If a Source Is Reliable by Shmoop

No, this does not involve tracking authors down and grilling them on their credentials. You are not Liam Neeson, and this is not Taken 3. You're sleuthing methods will need to be a bit more covert.

[Lee-zlmx]

when you should be paying attention for school but instead go to the comments

[FoosyOW]

i had to watch this for online school. Who else is enjoying isolation
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[barryboo]

Lets use this video to determine if the comment at 1:17 is reliable:
Ellen Siminoff, the President and CEO of Shmoop co-founded Yahoo. She is also a New York Times internet contributor, so anything this video says about the New York Times is probably biased (1:17).

Shmoop, what are you doing? Posting a video about reliable sources and being an unreliable one yourself????

[upthechoppa]

Who else is here because of online school...

[corinnealtham]

1:17-1:20 is a little confusing. Sarcasm is tough because students need background knowledge to understand that second layer of narrative.

[nathanielyao]

This was uploaded in 2015, but if you're still using that intro please just stop.

[ameade]

this video is the most insufferable thing i’ve ever been forced to watch

[andrewl]

3:26 I don’t believe that’s how corn works

[locklick_]

I love how Shmoop itself is literally everything they say counts against a source's reliability. Don't listen to it, kids. Just take your notes and get your grade.

[q.k.lawson]

Wikipedia is definitely a reliable source. Every edit is checked against hundreds of filters which weed out 99.9% of vandalism instantly, and dozens of people are checking every single change the the site.
And, sources must be cited when adding to Wikipedia, so there is a safety net there as well.

If anything is not a good source of information, it is this video. 1:18 sounds like satire, and if it is not, it is completely inappropriate for an educational video.

[caesarstrundova]

"Liberal Media Machine" Sounds like the exact opposite of a good source. A rich family's approval also does not seem like a good thing to rely on either. Jesus I hope you people aren't professors.

[funniehatman]

Wikipedia is extremely reliable tho, its taken extremely seriously by fantastic editors that make sure they're presenting correct information.

[daveed_.]

this is an outdated source yet im being forced to use it >:(

[Arbok]

Y'all do realize that Wikipedia cites its sources, right? It's unstable information, but the sources can be fact-checked all the same.
Also, I have distinct concerns that this promotes the idea that "any bias makes a point invalid, " which has grown significantly as of late and is a massive detriment to any and all forms of intelligent discourse. Unbiased coverage is a myth to begin with, and accuracy can be achieved only by understanding biases and concerns, not throwing them in the bin.

[isaiahabner]

What animation software did you guys use back then?

[canadassesquicentennial]

I could swear this video was sarcasm if I didn't know otherwise. Employing a layer of political sarcasm (1:18) is extremely dangerous, as it could be interpreted as truth by young kids (the ones viewing this video).
Frankly, a poorly made video like this is much more damaging to watch than reading a Wikipedia article (which are highly accurate, by the way.).

[maureenosias]

But why everyone says that wikipedia is not reliable? Wikipedia has a bibliography on each of the articles and a group of people who verify if the information is true or not

[AnameAnothername]

i highly disagress with wikipedia being an "unreliable" source. Sure, something there isnt always 100% and anyone could change it but that actually doesnt apply to all articles MOST articles, almost all, so its not true that "anyone" could change an article. infact, most articles you find on wikipedia are written by an expert or professional researchers that also source their work to reliable sources. If you wanna know if a wikipedia article is reliable, look for who wrote it, where the sources came from, and make sure that its locked and no one else can change it. (make sure its not publicly available to change). Wikipedia is the biggest site to easy access knowledge and information and it should get all our support.

[inhumanash]

3:54-3:57 TD* REFERENCE!?!?


V If you don't know what TD is, click here.




*Total Drama, more specifically, Total Drama Island.

[stutiphalle]

It's hard for me to understand these Video
But I need to see it for my school