Sunday, November 25, 2007

Bias Websites

For projects, papers, vocab tests, fun, entertainment, interest, curiosity or just plain boredom, the majority of people turn to the internet. Hell, I'm on the internet right now for this assignment (obviously). While the internet is an amazing technological resource, it is scary what is out there waiting to be seen. I'm not talking about innapropriate pictures or chatrooms, but extremely biased and/or innacurate information.

For the Perilous Paper assignment, I went online to find information about the American's internment camps to incorporate in my paper. Like I initially thought, the camps sounded terrible- because they were. There were quotes by politicians and other important figures in the United States saying terrible, terrible things, but then the website turned for the worse. Understandibly, the writers of the web page began relating some of the content to the Nazi's death camps in Europe, but what sickened me was how they portrayed the information. They made the camps sound tolerable, as if it was a small inconvienience for them to be there- they mentioned a few deaths, and some diseases, but almost nothing about the terrors that happened there. Even asking around, it makes me sick to my stomach that my classmates dont know who Dr. Mengele is. It is sick and twisted. And by now, most teachers assume everybody knows about the holocaust- but they dont!

The website talkes about the aspect of the holocaust. They said, "Actually, the Germans had far greater cause to intern the Jews of Europe than the Americans did to incarcerate the West Coast Japanese. The Japanese were sent to camps solely on suspicion of what they might do. Not a single Japanese had committed an act of espionage or sabotage. But many thousands of Jews throughout Europe had committed countless acts of murder, destruction, sabotage, arson and theft before the Germans began their general evacuation." http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v02/v02p-45_Weber.html That isn't even close to why they were taken. It is terrible that websites aren't portraying accurate information that is relevent. Maybe there were some murders against the Germans when the evacuation of the Jews began, but only after they were treated like animals- harrassed, and herded into ghettos where many died of starvation and disease, and so much more indignance.

So if you are looking for accurate, informative information- make sure you look at multiple sources!

16 comments:

Bernadette said...

I agree with you that being on the internet can be a blessing and a curse. I am on the debate team, and we are constantly questioning evidence. There are so many sources available with the click of a mouse that it's endless. We can find almost a source saying almost anything. For example, in class we talked about the fact that New Trier had not been on the top 100 best high schools list. This is because of the way they analyzed the schools. If they wanted to get different information besides the AP tests, they results would be different. We can hardly rely on the internet as a source of reliable information anymore.

S. Bolos said...

A timely and insightful caveat to everyone, Carly.

You've uncovered something very important, and here is another reason why these anti-Semitic websites can be so insidious: diction.

Notice what the website is named and what it's NOT named: it's not called the Journal of Jew Haters, is it? It's simply referred to as the Institute for Historical Review, and their mission is "dedicated to promoting greater public awareness of the past". Well, do you know anyone who is against learning about the past? I don't.

That's what makes a site like this so dangerous to ignorant minds and why your closing advice is so important. Excellent investigation!

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