Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

Group 2: Advocacy and Objectivity

Pick any two sites from the list below. What evidence can you find to determine whether or not these sites are favoring a particular point of view or are taking an objective approach?

Ladies Against Women (http://www.well.com/user/gail/ladies/)
Families Against Internet Censorship (http://www.netfamilies.org/)
EarthSave International (http://www.earthsave.org/)
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Examination (http://www.martinlutherking. org/)
(NOTE: To view this site, copy and paste the URL and delete the space before 'org/'.)
The King Center Martin Luther King, Jr. (http://www.thekingcenter.org/)

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