Wired News: Blogs Blamed for Exit Poll Fiasco

Article from Wired News/ AP about the exit polling numbers Tuesday that favored Senator Kerry. This definitely shows the "real world" applicability of the InfoLit skills we try to teach. Hopefully our students will come away with the skills to evaluate not only what they read on the web but what they hear/ read/ see from "traditional" media sources as well.

Raises an interesting issue about blogging too. Are there different InfoLit skills for evaluating blogged material?

Wired News: Blogs Blamed for Exit Poll Fiasco