The only websites I find credible are those from unbiased sources, such as large medical associations, i.e. the AMA and APA. Also, there are encyclopedic websites such as Wikipedia. If I need to know about a disease, I go to the CDC website.
Most websites are biased by their very nature. They are put together by people who have an agenda - such as the Family Research Council, which I'll use as an example. I spent quite a bit of time garnering information from their site a couple of years ago when I was active in message boarding on AOL. They provide "statistics" and "facts" about homosexuality for instance that are patently untrue. It doesn't matter to them - they are more than willing to twist or make up the numbers to achieve their ends. It's shameless how they never shrink from lying in the name of God, and then have the nerve to preach morals to the rest of America.
Really, we should all be more discerning about the websites we accept as fact.
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