Unreliable Sources: A Historical Analysis

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This historical investigation allowed me to experience both how historians use methods available to them to gain information, and the challenges that the historian faces as a result of their investigation. Primarily, I analyzed and gathered newspaper articles, books, and statistical studies surrounding the event, in question. The challenge with this method was in the uniformity of opinions surrounding Nader; no single article I looked at other than the scientific study thought otherwise of Nader’s effect on the election, and in the context of the information age, historians, including myself in this study, have to determine whether or not provided information is reliable or not. This was especially prevalent in Nader’s novel, where he writes

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