Writing.Com General Discussion

I understand the concerns about valid information. From what I've seen, finding solid resources is a decentralized affair, which right now might be a good thing. I tend to check out things like Pew Research, Media Bias Fact Check, and Quackwatch (depending on the subject). It does take some effort, but cultivating a personal list of trusted repositories is a worthwhile endeavor. Checking in with a local library can possibly help on this front, to boot.

(Side note: As far as government sites go, even when their veracity was less wobbly, it still required some work to decipher the data provided. I know back in the early 2000s I managed to track down some tables as part of my research on a paper for an economics class. The numerical formatting used was non-standard, and my misreading of the data forced me to go back and make several tedious revisions. Point is, even then, government info still needed finesse in terms of interpretation.)