Website evaluation examples

In each topic below, there is one website with good credibility, and one website lacking enough credibility for academic research.  Determine which is which.

A.  Snowboarding

Chairlifts are for sissies
Shaklee Nutriferon, U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding:  A winning combination

B.  Food Pyramid

The Food Pyramid
Inside the Pyramid

C.  Assassinations

JFK Assassination Records
Senator Paul Wellstone Assassinated by Covert US Terror Group Linked to Bush

D.  Agriculture

California's velcro crop under challenge
Soybean rust:  Is the U.S. soybean crop at risk?

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