CRAAP Test

I chose to analyze the website Martin Luther King. After reviewing the CRAAP test I realized that this website is not a reliable website to use. One of the first things I notice on the web page is the link “Why the King Holiday Should be Repealed” When you click on the link you will be brought to a paper that was created by a source “ The Creativity Movement” which provides a web address that did not exist when I tried to visit the site. Since there is not an accurate web-address provided, this shows that it may not be a reliable source of information. There is also an article that talks about the night that King died. Though there is information cited from a normally reliable source, Newsweek magazine, there is also information cited from Rev. Ralph Abernathy who was a close friend of King and wrote a book “ And the Walls Came Tumbling Down.” Abernathy states that King was actually “having sex with three white women, one of whom he brutally beat.” This story is coming from one man and does not prove to be a reliable source.

This website is hosted by Stormfront. When I clicked on the link I learned that Stormfront is a white pride community. There are blogs posted talking about how Martin Luther King jr. was not a good man. Since the Martin Luther King jr. website is hosted by a white pride community, it shows that their views are biased and not based off of facts.

 

On the right side of the web-page there is a link for “Jews and Civil Rights.” I don’t understand the relevance of this link. I thought the website was to become more educated about Martin Luther King jr. and not about the Jews and Civil rights? The currency of the page has also not been kept up. The most recent information posted is from 1998.

 

The purpose of this website is to inform people about Martin Luther King jr. but comes from a source that is not reliable and trying to portray King as a bad man. I would not use this information in any sort of research paper or a source of knowledge. I believe this web site is a perfect example as to why people should be careful about which websites they get their information from.