Media+literacy+-+bogus+sites

BOGUS SITES
SCIENCE RELATED SITES

[|www.malepregnancy.com] If you do a Google search on pregnant man, this site comes up on the first page of results.

[] Toolbar links will take you to a hospital site. Good example of legitimizing a hoax site.

[| http://www.petsorfood.com/] A "modest proposal" for pets

[] The elusive tree octopus

And of course the somewhat dated-looking but classic []

Havidol prescription medicine: [|http://havidol.com/]

Lasik@home: [] Do-it-yourself eye surgery

I don't know that this counts as "bogus" b/c my understanding is that it's a real person, but I certainly like to use it as an example of misleading constructions of authority: [|http://www.drclark.net/]

POLITICAL SITES

The World Trade Organization [] Only the links on the main page are satirical. Somewhat dated, but a few of these pages could be useful.

The Onion [] Always a good source of satirical articles, e.g.: []

The Currant [] More convincing than The Onion, better production values.

BIASED SITES
Independent Women's Forum [] (Students often mistake it for a feminist site. Bonus points for the student who spots Lynne Cheney as a founding board member.)

ifeminists.com []

Wendy McElroy's site for "independent feminists" contains some highly opinionated editorials. Most students will find something they disagree with. Definitely useful for the “what is a feminist?” discussion.