Comments on: Maryan Pelland Doesn’t Think You Should Trust the Internet http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2009/06/08/maryan-pelland-doesnt-think-you-should-trust-the-internet/ News, plugins and themes for blogging applications Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mikeyaozm http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2009/06/08/maryan-pelland-doesnt-think-you-should-trust-the-internet/#comment-223390 mikeyaozm Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:44:41 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/?p=2953#comment-223390 only to find out hours later that the original poster was wrong, or just seeing who would believe them. only to find out hours later that the original poster was wrong, or just seeing who would believe them.

]]> By: gestroud http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2009/06/08/maryan-pelland-doesnt-think-you-should-trust-the-internet/#comment-221033 gestroud Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:50:13 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/?p=2953#comment-221033 I'd say the same could be said of the mass media, universities and nearly any other source of information and knowledge. I can watch Fox News and MSNBC and get two entirely opposing viewpoints of one incident based on political agendas. Basically, information is only as reliable as the informant and history is only as reliable as the historian. I’d say the same could be said of the mass media, universities and nearly any other source of information and knowledge.

I can watch Fox News and MSNBC and get two entirely opposing viewpoints of one incident based on political agendas.

Basically, information is only as reliable as the informant and history is only as reliable as the historian.

]]> By: John http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2009/06/08/maryan-pelland-doesnt-think-you-should-trust-the-internet/#comment-221014 John Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:48:18 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/?p=2953#comment-221014 The internet is just the medium. What she's really saying is you can't trust people. And she's right. Verify, verify, verify. And think for yourself. The internet is just the medium. What she’s really saying is you can’t trust people. And she’s right. Verify, verify, verify. And think for yourself.

]]> By: Barry Deutsch http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2009/06/08/maryan-pelland-doesnt-think-you-should-trust-the-internet/#comment-221011 Barry Deutsch Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:20:07 +0000 http://www.bloggingpro.com/?p=2953#comment-221011 As an executive recruiter, I also find this issue to be true - the vast majority of recruiters and hiring managers accept at face value whatever the candidates states in the interview. Very few recruiters and hiring manages have developed the skill set to question, validate, vet, and verify the information. Just because it's published, doesn't mean it's accurate. The vast majority of blogs I read are opinions, rants, and layered with personal agendas. We all need to take a deep breath and "triangulate" the information to validate, verify, vet it before we put our personal stamp of approval on it by passing it along to others. IMHO, I think I'm great recruiter since I am the world's biggest cynic. I believe nothing until I can verify it through a few different independent sources. As an executive recruiter, I also find this issue to be true – the vast majority of recruiters and hiring managers accept at face value whatever the candidates states in the interview. Very few recruiters and hiring manages have developed the skill set to question, validate, vet, and verify the information. Just because it’s published, doesn’t mean it’s accurate.

The vast majority of blogs I read are opinions, rants, and layered with personal agendas. We all need to take a deep breath and “triangulate” the information to validate, verify, vet it before we put our personal stamp of approval on it by passing it along to others.

IMHO, I think I’m great recruiter since I am the world’s biggest cynic. I believe nothing until I can verify it through a few different independent sources.

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