Unrestricted Web Publishing

After Reviewing the Huffington post article and other sources about former U.S National security agency contractor Edward Snowden  reporting to a German TV channel about threats to his life this is what i discovered. Snowden accuses the U.S. Governemnt of plans to assassinate him for leaking official documents of the NSA tracking millions of U.S citizens telephone numbers and emails. Snowden admits that he fears for his lie, but subsequently sleeps well at night. 

The potential impact of unrestricted web publishing through mass media can be devastating. Although article publications don't directly have the authors personal views, it doesn't mean that the sources by which he/she obtained to compare and contrast aren't bias. When media content is unrestricted, it allows any author to post and forward stories without providing crediable sources. Unrestricted material publshed through multiple sources can be sought after as an act of plagarism, but instead remains unchanged. 

After evaluating the article on former U.S National security agency contractor Edward Snowden, the Criteria to evaulate the creditability of www resources are as followed: 

1. According to Reuters.com Author Erik Kirschbaum for the Huffington Post is not new to the arena of investigative reporting. Kirschbaum has been covering politics, economics, sports and entertainment in Germany since 1989. 

2. According to Erik Kirschbaum's personal Linked in Profile, he is associated with the Foreign Press Association (VAP) as the Chairman. He also has worked for Thompson Reuters as a correspondent; doing investigative reporting on foriegn press material. Here's his link for addditional info: 

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=254705301&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=YLNe&locale=de_DE&srchid=1344547111390786999025&srchindex=2&srchtotal=2&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1344547111390786999025%2CVSRPtargetId%3A254705301%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary&_mSplash=1

Here is the link to his affiliated association:  http://blogs.reuters.com/erik-kirschbaum/

His email: erik.kirschbaum@thomsonreuters.com

3. Erik Kirschbaum's publications have been Featured on Peer reviewed resarch from a time magzine article entitled 

America Gets Back on Track For scenery, company and peace of mind, riders are returning to the rails.

References

 Gibbs, N. R., Cramer, J., & Kirschbaum, E. (1988). America Gets Back on Track For scenery, company and peace of mind, riders are returning to the rails. Time, 131(14), 90.

4. After reviewing the publshed article, I discovered that the Author stayed true to the premise of the article and didnt deter from it. There were no products promoted nor referenced. Kirschbaum didn't make a social/political spin on the issues presented. 

5. The most current Information found date recently from January 26th 2014. 

6.  The information provided doesn't comes with a set of work cited material however the suthirs background is in investigative reporting of Politics. 

7. Based on the evidence provided about the sources, I have to conclude that it cannot be fully credited through www sources, however this doesnt mean that the information provided isn't creditable. 

8. The information found on Edward Snowden was found through the Huffington Posts which falls under the News and Journalistic sites (E-zines). The Huffington Post is parent to internet company AOL and was founded in New York City in 2005 by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, Andrew Breitbart and Jonah Peretti. Arianna Huffington is Greek-American liberal commentator, author and columist that is known for her political views after running for governor of California in 2003. After the internet company AOL aquired the huffington post, they made Arianna Huffington the CEO. Her background is in investigative reporting and she personally has a high-profile political background. Her knowledge of politics makes her come off as a more creditable source however, this doen't exclude her from sharing her own personal views on political topics. 

In short, Unrestricted sources are often seen as less than creditable because the sources itself dont derive from empirical research. A source should involve someone or something that has expertise in the suggested topic. When you are able to freely post and forward information without providing resources, does it mean that what your saying isnt true? No, however it makes it harder for the reader to discern truth from fiction. I personally believe that your beliefs on topics run as deep as your research into it.