jd norton's List: News Source Evaluations

• By Ed Payne, CNN

   

  updated 10:51 AM EST, Tue February 11, 2014

  • Author of the article shows that the article is original and open about who is responsible for it.
• Atlanta (CNN) -- Paralyzing. Catastrophic. Historic. Crippling.

  • Looks like there is a news team specifically for Atlanta. This makes me think that the source has people all over to cover news stories.
• Georgia's governor declares emergency, says officials are "ahead of the game this time"

  • Serious tone to the article shows that the information in the article is factual, not a joke.
• CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin, Marlena Baldacci, Jason Hanna, Catherine E. Shoichet and Ralph Ellis contributed to this report.

  • Contributers to the article shows that there is a team working on it. Adds credibility.
• © 2014 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  • Copyright adds to the credibility of the source in question.

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• by Dara Kerr

  <!--[if lt IE 9]> <noscript><div class="datestamp"></noscript> <![endif]--> February 13, 2014 6:28 PM PST

  • Author shown with a picture of her AND a link to her twitter. Seems pretty open to be fake. There are also buttons to retweet, like, etc. the article on the page with 438 retweets. Seems reliable enough to retweet.
• (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET)

  • Credit to the photographer.
• Dara Kerr

  Dara Kerr, a freelance journalist based in the Bay Area, is fascinated by robots, supercomputers and Internet memes. When not writing about technology and modernity, she likes to travel to far-off countries.

  • A short bio at the bottom of the article of the author. That not only shows credibility to the author, but is also a pretty cool addition to the page.
• © CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Another copyright. Adds credibility to the source.

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• 14 February 2014 Last updated at 10:18 ET

  • Date and time of last update on article. No sign of the author's name yet.
• BBC © 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

  • Copyright adds to credibility.

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• AFP RELAXNEWS

  Friday, February 14, 2014, 11:05 AM

  • Date and time of article. I'm not sure if "AFP RELAXNEWS" is the department or something that wrote the article, but I don't see a specific name yet.
• Shutterstock

  • Credit to the photo. Unlike BBC.

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  © Copyright 2013 NYDailyNews.com. All rights reserved.

  • Copyrighted, adding credibility to the source.

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• Brett Molina, USATODAY  10 a.m. EST February 14, 2014

  • Author of the article with date and time. Better than the past two I've evaluated.
• (Photo: Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks)

  • Credit to the photo used, very legit.
• Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @bam923.

  • Link to the authors twitter shows that she is a real person and a real writer.

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