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A famous example of verifiable material that is potentially inaccurate is the front page of the Chicago Tribune on November 3, 1948—we have an article about this headline at "Dewey defeats Truman". In this case, we have a retraction from the newspaper which provides strong evidence that the material was inaccurate.
Examples of such promotional journals include Creation Research Society Quarterly, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Homeopathy. Be aware of predatory publishers, for example journals published by OMICS Publishing Group. These are very unlikely to be accepted as reliable sources.
The legal rule itself – how to apply this exception – is complicated, as it is often dependent on who said the statement and which actor it was directed towards. [6] The analysis is thus different if the government or a public figure is the target of the false statement (where the speech may get more protection) than a private individual who is being attacked over a matter of their private ...
Harry S. Truman displaying the inaccurate Chicago Tribune headline, an example of misinformation Moreover, the advent of the Internet has changed traditional ways that misinformation spreads. [ 35 ] During the 2016 United States presidential election , content from websites deemed 'untrustworthy' reached up to 40% of Americans, despite ...
Freedman told Yahoo News that if news organizations publish or broadcast factually inaccurate material, it is typically the result of an honest mistake, not a deliberate decision. ... Examples of ...
A source is where the material comes from. For example, a source could be a book or a webpage. A source can be reliable or unreliable for the material it is meant to support. Some sources, such as unpublished texts and an editor's own personal experience, are prohibited.
Example A secondary source conflicts with a primary source, where there is no way for the former to know better than the latter. A reliable map says that a village called Greenacre exists, rendered in all caps. A crime happens in that area and a news publication says it happened "Near the villages of Green and Acre".
There are examples where material should not be reported in Wikipedia's voice, because what is verifiable is that the source expresses a view, not that the view is necessarily accurate. Most sources do not state their opinions as opinions, but as facts: we are more likely to find "The hypnotoad is supreme" than "Our opinion is that the ...