Last month I promised to examine methods for identifying information quality on the Web. Accuracy pertains to the completeness, factual irrefutability, and verifiability of a source.
Objectivity encompasses impartial unbiased interpretation or analysis.
Not surprisingly, given the anarchistic nature of Internet and the resulting lack of peer review or editorial standards, many resources fail to meet these criteria. Some, like the Home Web page of Arthur R. Butz , fall short for obvious reasons. The material will be continually updated and revised, but will always have an emphasis on Holocaust revisionism. Others falter for minor reasons that may not exclude them from the realm of possible resources. For example, Philadelphia Online , which offers the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News from 1981 and 1978, respectively, to present, provides those seeking the region's news stories with a convenient bona fide source.