As a librarian, don’t you just love a “teachable moment?” We all learned a major lesson in library school—beware of internet sources. The internet is a great place to find information, but it must be verified. Well, apparently that’s a lesson Rush Limbaugh and his research staff recently learned. The radio show was profiling Judge Roger Vinson. The judge’s Wikipedia entry had false information in it which was reported on air according to the New York Times article here. The judge took the incident in stride so there was no harm done and everyone learned a valuable lesson on source checking.
Teachable Moments
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