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Sources Credibility on the Topic "Do Cigarettes Cause Lung Cancer?"

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As discussed in the reading, credible sources can be evaluated by looking at three areas; authorship, sponsorship and recency. Below you will find two different supporting comments from a persuasive speech on the topic - "do cigarettes cause lung cancer." The associated internet links to the comments are included below the comments used in the speech. Evaluate each of the comments and sources and discuss the credibility of both sources. Do they support the topic? Are they from legitimate, credible sources? Why or why not. What makes them credible or not credible. Could they be used to find other sources that would be more credible? If so, how?
Comment 1 (Links to an external site.): According to U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence, in an article published on the internet site thinkprogress.org, "2/3 of smokers do not die from smoking related illnesses and 9 out of 10 smokers do not contract lung cancer"
Comment 2 (Links to an external site.): "It has been discovered that smoking may prevent Parkinson's Disease" as stated in the article "Health Effects of Tobacco" on Wikipedia.com.

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Determining Supports Credibility
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The comment supports the topic as it provides one of the views regarding smoking causing lung cancer. However, the comment is not from a credible source based on the credentials of the speaker. Mike Pence is a politician and not a health specialist or expert in smoking and lung cancer, so he has no credibility on these issues. His lack of knowledge in matters relating to the topic makes his comment lack credibility. Even though the comment is not credible, it could find credible sources related to the topic. It is done by looking for expert's opinions about the comment. Being a politician, he attracted experts to comment conc...
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