Consider the following situation and explain what might be a problem with the credibility of the source or the thinking involved: You are researching Queen Elizabeth I and, as you go through the checkout line at the grocery store, you see a tabloid that claims that, although history has proclaimed that she was "the Virgin Queen," there is new proof that she had had a child. Pitfalls in credibility?

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anonymous · Answer

Tabloids are mostly written by journalists/reporters who are not interested in telling the truth, but making money. Therefore, their sources are usually not deemed credible because they don't do proper research. They get information from gossip columns, uncertified Internet websites, and the likes. Very rarely would get information from historical documents, books, and websites.

anonymous · Answer

tabloids are for people who like to read gossip that's not really true