School teacher, journalist, editor? All are titles Robert Greene lends himself on his Website: soylentgreene.us. With many of these claims, Greene provides a link to another page where each fact can be checked. But, are these sources reliable?
After much investigation over the Web, I have come to the conclusion that only a few of these claims can be considered fact fact. After viewing and alumni Webpage of the college from which Greene graduated, Webpages of publications which Greene had claimed to work on, and the Institute for Humanist Studies page, it is clear that there is substantial evidence to back Greene’s history, but not enough to support each claim on his page.
On Wheaton College’s Webpage, a school that Greene claims to have attended, there is an alumni page where one can search for previous graduates. I happened to come across Greene’s name as well as the graduation year he had posted on his Webpage right on the site. Check. Greene indeed had graduated from Wheaton in the appropriate year, 1994, with a degree in Political Science, as he had stated.
After also viewing numerous Webpages for “The Oxx”, a motorcycle magazine of which Greene claimed to be the editor, I came across a few articles written by Greene, but never any actual documentation stating that Greene was the editor.
Nothing but Greene’s own page came across when searching for the Stephen L. French Forestry Camp, putting that claim to bed almost as quickly as it was made.
An ounce of truth did appear, however, when a photograph of Greene taken in 2003 was found on the Institute for Humanist Studies’ Webpage. Another solid claim from Greene.
An article published in “The Nashua Telegraph”, a newspaper based out of the school where Greene currently teaches, also quotes him on the 2008 Nashua teacher’s contract fiasco, identifying him as a journalism teacher from Nashua High School South.
Though many of these claims can be backed by outside information, there is not enough substantial evidence that would deem Greene a quality source. Unfortunately, there was more mystery in his claims than actual fact.
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Not so much an article as a column. There is no "I" in reportage. Keep yourself out of it.
ReplyDeleteOrganization: See above. 3.5
Gums: Website and Webpage and commas, oh my! 4
Effectiveness: Good attribution and fact checking. 5
Word choice: 4
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