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Old 28-06-2003, 10:44 AM
Kay Easton
 
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Default Looks like we're being listened to

In article , JennyC
writes

"Janet Baraclough" wrote
Chris Norton contains these words:
(Jim W) wrote:


In other words a researcher/journalist has done their work and is

giving
the source.


Imho trawling usenet archives for unverifiable soundbites hardly
counts as research...or even, professional journalism :~}
Janet.


So what counts as serious research Janet ?

Surely the web is just as reliable or not as other sources ........?

Depends what sources you're thinking about, doesn't it? It's as reliable
as anywhere else as a source of opinion, but it doesn't have as
rigorous a peer review as scientific papers, for example.

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Kay Easton

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