This is a bad website:
Essays on the Anti Smoking Movement by Joe Dawson
Use this bad website to complete Exercise 1 in the worksheet.
Sometimes, you can judge how reliable website information is by noting the URL ending.
.GOV - refers to a government website. Highly reliable. State and city websites are of similar high quality.
.EDU - often refers to a reliable educational website.
.ORG - implies a non-profit ORGanization. Approach with skepticism.
.COM - stands for "Commerce" and is used for business. Information on such a website will contain a large amount of bias. Approach with skepticism.