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Accuracy: if the information is presented as fact,
is it correct?
 

Things to Consider:

  • Are the facts misquoted or misrepresented? 
Be aware that information may be given out of context or the information may represent "false advertising."		  
   
 
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  BYLINE: Michael Wilmington, Tribune Movie Critic
    'Deep Impact" is an end-of-the-world thriller that wavers between trying to scare us silly and trying to jerk tears--and ends up not succeeding at either, despite smashing special effects and top-quality actors.....
 
excerpted from the Chicago Tribune, May 8, 1998
 

Michael Wilmington's review is not very positive,...

 advertisement for the movie Deep Impact (18045 bytes) 

...yet this advertisement implies that Wilmington liked the film.

  

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