How Does Lack Of Information Ensure Credibility?

I totally agree with your post. Statistics are a vital asset when they are reputable and can be validated as true. I do not take everything I hear as truth. Statistics can easily be construed into what the person wants the data to mean for themselves or the situation present. Even more of a reason to always do research to make sure the information we are receiving is credible. Moreover, I am a firm believer that the web displays lots of information that is not completely trustworthy or authentic. In addition, I have also found Wikipedia to be a major popular site in which a lot of people flock to for information. Even more so as noted by Potash (2010, p. 98) that, “Popularity, however, does not ensure credibility.” It is evident that even though many people resort to the web and wikipedia for information and news, it is clear that even those popular sites contain unjustifiable information at times that lacks credibility. Much of the time we continue to utilize those sites out of routine because we take an interest in what those sites offer in content.
However, I came to realize that we have to beware of how information is presented because it can be presented in a manner in which is deceiving yet appealing to our needs or interests. I agree one hundred percent that people can make up things and therefore have you believing what they