Evaluation & Annotation Practice, Group 6

 

FAIR: Federation for American Immigration Reform

www.fairus.org

 

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Please evaluate the FAIR Web site by answering the questions below.  Answer the questions in complete sentences.  The answers cannot all be found on the front page of the Web site.  You need to click on the links on the left side of the site (Doing Research?, About FAIR, etc) and on the bottom of the site (FAQs, etc).  Answers may be spread out over 2 or more pages of the site.

 

 

1. Content: What types of information does the site contain?  What specific issues does the site address? 

 

The website contain information pertain to imagration reform in the United States.  "The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a national, nonprofit, public-interest, membership organization of concerned citizens who share a common belief that our nation's immigration policies must be reformed to serve the national interest."

"About FAIR"  Federation for American Immigration Reform. 18 Mar. 2007  <http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_aboutmain>.

 

Is the information on the site up to date?  How do you know?

 

 The information is up to date because the first article on the title page is dated March 12.

 

 

3. Purpose: What is the purpose of FAIR?  What are its principles?

 

 The purpose of this websit is to create an immigration policy that is fair and will serve the needs of our country. The website has seven principles; cut the numbers, no amnesty, protect wages and standards of living, major upgrade in interior enforcement, stop special interest asylum abuse, immigration time out, equality under the law.

 

 

4. Reliability & Accuracy: Can you rely on the information on this site?  Why or why not?  Where does the site gets its information?  Is there a list of references?  Are the sources cited?  Is FAIR used by other sources?  What do those other sources say about FAIR?

 

 Yes, because many goverment officials count on them for a reliable source of information. The site gets its information from national, local, and international organizations.

 

 

5. Authority: Who are some people on the board of directors of FAIR?  Who are the media experts?  What are their credentials?  Do any of them have careers related to immigration?

 

One director is Nacy Anthony, President of Fernwood Advisors Inc. Another director is Edith Blodgett, Blodgett foundation

 Media experts are, Dan Stein, president of media experts and was executive director of the immigration reform Law Institute and Ira Mehlman, media director and was a special assistant to governor Richard Lamn. Yes, Stein

 

6. Point of View: Look back to question 3, purpose.  Does FAIR have a biased or un-biased viewpoint?  Is FAIR trying to persuade you to think one way or another?  If so, what is it trying to make you think?

 

 FAIR is Biased. Yes, they are trying to make you think that illegal immigrates are bad people and want to help them to an extent.

 

 

7. Ease of use: Is the site easy to navigate?  Could you quickly and easily find what you were looking for?

 

 Yes the website is easy to navigate with side bars and drop down menu. with a few click of a mouse you can find anything you need.

 

 

8. Relevancy: You are probably not actually using this site in your research paper, so you cannot evaluate its relevancy to your thesis.  How could this site be used in a paper on immigration reform?

 

 

 Has many different immigration issuses located in the drop down menu and has a vast number of recently added articles.

 

 

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