Conclusion

What I have learned while working on this project is that you can’t trust anything that doesn't cite it's sources. To find out the truth, you very well may need to read from various sources in order to really understand a particular issue.

As far as the most reliable sources, I would have to say either Huffington Post or Buzzfeed. Although they didn’t have many core topic stories, the ones they did have were very impressive. They provided lots of sources and both sides of the story. With a website like Buzzfeed or Huffington Post, I feel like you can be more honest and straightforward with your articles. You can get away with a lot of things on Buzzfeed or Huffington Post that wouldn’t fly on CNN or Fox’s site. On our first project we found that the most reliable source was The Colbert Report. Although it was a satirical show, Colbert still gave facts that checked out. Being a satirical show/website, you have a big advantage: you don’t have to affiliate with one single party, you can call it like you see it, to put it bluntly.  

When It came down to diversity, the cable news shows really impressed me. The online sources really struggled with diversity. Diversity is huge! If you aren't diverse, it's like only having one source. You are limited to that one source or that one point of view. However, If you have diversity in your show or print, then you can explore new ideas, new ways of thinking that can really open the eyes of the reader or viewer. The cable shows had many different types of people and both men and women. Having diversity really helps your credibility. 

Like I thought, there was no news source that was perfect. All of the news sources I analyzed had it's strengths and weaknesses. This is why I firmly believe that if we are looking for the truth, you need to look in more than one place. We need to be informed people, not only for ourselves, but for others also. Martin Luther King Jr, once said "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” I really do believe in this. Too many people complain about this and that. And from what I have found, these aren't people who are ACTUALLY informed. They just base everything off their own biases. This is dangerous and needs to stop. We can do our part to stop this plague by simply being people who know what's going on around them.