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Featured Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_World_Trade_Center

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7485331.stm

Reliability and usefulness of the source Scholarship Authors background: -	Mike Rudin -	He is from the Conspiracy files department of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) -	BBC is a British publicly-owned broadcaster, which makes it a relatively trustworthy source Where was the source published? -	It was published on BBC’s News website in the ‘Americas’ section Is the information within the source independently verifiable? -	The source is not independently verifiable as it is directly associated with the British government and would reflect the sentiment of the government authorities -	The contents of the article state that the mystery of 9/11 would be solved by US investigators -	The bulk of the contributions come from conspiracy theorists, which have derived their personal conclusions with regard to the entire situation

Context Age of source relative to topic -	The news article was published on 4 July 2008, seven years after the September 11, 2001 incident took place -	There is quite a distance between the incident and the date of the article -	However, that is understandable as it would take several years to properly investigate the event of a mysterious collapsing third tower Intent of information, target audience -	The information was intended to inform the general public on the progress of the investigations into the -	Target audience of the article is the general public with a keen interest in conspiracy files

Content Does the source omit important details and overrepresent others? -	The source emphasises greatly on the structural damage caused to the towers but lesser representation of the terrorist attacks on surrounding towers, which may have impacted the structural integrity of the building Is the information fact or opinion? (This doesn’t necessarily disqualify the source from use but does mark against objectivity) -	The information is partially fact and partially opinion -	Fact: The discussion around the collapse of the buildings and the structural damage and cause of tower collapses -	Opinion: The discussion around the conspiracy theories Style and structure of content -	News article divided by subcategories pertaining to the overview, conspiracy theories and weakening of the steel structure