CRAAP Test

I chose to analyze the site http://www.martinlutherking.org/ . This site is basically about Martin Luther King, Jr. and how he was not the man we all thought he was. This site does not pass the CRAAP test. First of all, there is really no date to show when the site was last updated or how old the site actually is. The year 1998, used to refer to an article, is the only indication of when the site was last updated. If this is correct, then the information is about 10 years old. Also, the design of the site seems out of date. The background is gray and the font is very basic. The site has other pages but they do not seem relavent to Martin Luther King, Jr. For example, there is a page about rap lyrics and the lyrics that are given have nothing to do with Mr. King. Secondly, the site is hosted by Stormfront, which is a white nationalist community. I did a little more research on Stormfront and found that it is owned by Don Black, who was a member of the KKK and the American Nazi Party. So, the information that is presented is pretty biased and one sided. Lastly, the homepage shows a quote from a Newsweek article that says, "That night King retired at the Willard Hotel. There FBI bugs reportedly picked up 14 hours of party chatter, the clinking of classes and the sounds of illicit sex-including Kind's cries of 'I'm f--ing for God' and 'I'm not a Negro tonight.'" When I read this, I thought it was kind of "if-y" therefore made me question the whole entire site. This quote definately did not show the Dr. King that I, or anyone else, knew. So I decided to search for the article on the Newsweek website. Not suprised, I did not find the article. So this makes the whole website and the information given questionable. If one were to write any kind of paper on Martin Luther King, Jr. they definately would not want to use this site.