An entire interview reproduced in the article on the bogus site was not in the original article at all, and there were graphs to support certain statements that weren't in the original article. Mr. Rosenberger said in an interview. Of course, it is hard to know who is paying whom for what kind of Internet presence. But there are unscrupulous people in the securities industry who are trying to pump up or drive down stocks, to buy at low prices and sell at high prices, who may not be disclosing their fiduciary interests. We know that goes on, too.
People have to be their own editors and take that upon themselves.
Once you begin doing that, the habits become second nature. But some questions about the validity of Web sources are impossible to answer beyond a reasonable doubt without stepping outside the hermetic box of the Internet. In such cases, no combination of pixels is sure to help. There's a lot of stuff on line, but working with librarians is one of best things you can do with research. They're trained to classify information, and they can help you out.