{"id":543,"date":"2017-11-21T17:11:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T17:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-collegecomposition\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=543"},"modified":"2017-11-30T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T17:28:37","slug":"activity-expert-or-crank","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-collegecomposition\/chapter\/activity-expert-or-crank\/","title":{"raw":"Activity: Expert or Crank?","rendered":"Activity: Expert or Crank?"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Twitter Expertise?<\/h2>\r\nThis guy has a pretty negative reaction to something published in a highly reputable journal. Is he an expert, or just a guy with opinions about things?\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelESmith\/status\/832603639260647425\r\n<h2>Woodward and Bernstein<\/h2>\r\nAre these the reporters who brought down Nixon? Is this a trustworthy reporter sharing this photo?\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/pixelatedboat\/status\/833302789665140740","rendered":"<h2>Twitter Expertise?<\/h2>\n<p>This guy has a pretty negative reaction to something published in a highly reputable journal. Is he an expert, or just a guy with opinions about things?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bullshit! Aztec society collapsed in 1519 fr. Cortes &amp; smallpox. Salmonella in 1540 was far too late. And the painting is European fantasy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FZUbbyPiOo\">https:\/\/t.co\/FZUbbyPiOo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael E. 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