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“Most bloggers have no institutional credibility, and so they must build it, by linking transparently, and allowing you to easily double check their work. But more than anything, because linking sources is such an easy thing to do, and the motivations for avoiding links are so dubious, I've detected myself using a new rule of thumb: if you don't link to primary sources, I just don't trust you.”

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Author:Ben Goldacre

“Make sure to be well informed before accepting the challenge of a commission - check out that you have a source of reference readily available.”

Wells Challenges Accepting Source Research Available Checks

Author:Richard Brown

“SCCS, the source motel! Programs check in and never check out!”

Source Humorous Program Checks Motels

Author:Ken Thompson

“It's naive and even irresponsible for a grownup today to get her or his information about foreign policy and war and peace exclusively from the administration in power. It's essential to have other sources of information, to check those against one's own common sense, and to form your own judgment as to whether we ought to go to or persist in war.”

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Author:Daniel Ellsberg

“I've learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly be magnified. So, as someone who talks for a living, I've learned to check, double-check and triple-check my sources.”

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Book:Core of Conviction: My Story

Source: Core of Conviction: My Story