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Evaluate the reputations of the following sites by “reading laterally”. Who runs them? To what purpose? What is their history of accuracy and how do they rate on process, aim, and expertise?

  1. http://cis.org/vaughan/study-reveals-72-terrorists-came-countries-covered-trump-vetting-order
  2. http://www.al.com/news/montgomery/index.ssf/2017/01/man_accused_of_spray_painting.html
  3. https://codoh.com/media/files/sr209.pdf
  4. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v542/n7640/full/542141b.html
  5. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/10/1632335/-Climate-Crisis-North-Pole-Temp-is-50-F-Above-Normal-amp-Arctic-Sea-Ice-Volume-is-Collapsing
  6. https://nsidc.org/
  7. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/red-hot-nsw-smashes-february-statewide-heat-records-two-days-in-a-row-20170212-gub14c.html
  8. http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/02/11/congressman-just-invoked-forgotten-1924-rule-expose-trumps-taxes/
  9. http://principia-scientific.org/scientific-flaws-and-the-volcano-of-io/
  10. http://www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn/abs/2016/05/epn2016475-6p20/epn2016475-6p20.html
  11. https://www.rt.com/news/377108-hamburg-airport-injured-substance/
  12. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/yale-but-not-hearty-university-renaming-recalls-dark-india-past/articleshow/57113707.cms
  13. http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-02-12-tiny-particles-from-city-air-invade-peoples-brains-interfere-with-cognition.html
  14. http://fauxcountrynews.com/five-unorthodox-diets-for-beach-season/

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