Clones R Us

While surfing on the «Clones R Us»’s website, we have to be aware that false information can be transmitted by being critical. There is only a company’s name mentionned on the website, but no sponsor named. There is also a «contact us» section that tells readers a little bit about them, so it can look professionnal. However, when you pay attention while reading, you can realize that, in the «corporate raison d’etre» section, it is cleary written that the visited website is spoof, which means a hoax site, similar to a parody. Moreover, the authors admit that their site was edited to stimulate discussion about cloning. Their objective is possibly to change readers’ opinion. The fact that the website received awards from, for example, «Cool Bananas, site of the day», is another proof demonstrating how unreliable this reference is. There is no specific date mentionned at the bottom of the page, but we found that the last update was probably in 2000. Therefore, the content is out of date and the information may be inaccurate. In the «links page» section, although most of the links are current, a few of them cannot be found on the web. The website is divided by sections on the left side of the screen, making the information quite easy to reach. We do not notice right away false information or grammatical errors.

All in all, this source is not appropriate for a serious research. However, some articles may be useful to know others’ opinion on the subject.