Evaluating web pages

Title of web page:  Do Tax Cuts Create Jobs?

URL of the web page:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2011/05/03/do-tax-cuts-create-jobs/

What can you tell about this web page from the URL? This is from a very popular magazine called Forbes. It is a financial magazine based on today’s money and money makers

Authority

Is there an author of the document or web page? Yes

If yes, who is the author?  Peter Cohan

Are his/her affiliations and qualifications given? Yes

If yes, list them.  I write from near Boston about startups and political economy. In 1994, I ditched corporate America and started a management consulting and venture capital firm (http://petercohan.com). Before that I worked at an IT consulting firm founded by four former MIT professors, for Harvard Business School professor, Michael Porter's consulting firm and at two Boston-based financial institutions. I became a Forbes contributor in April 2011. My 11th book is "Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision" (http://goo.gl/ygaUV). I also teach business strategy at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.

Is contact information provided (address, phone number, email)?  Yes and No. He does not list any address phone number or actual email address but he has a link and you can sign up to follow him on facebook, google, twitter, and several other accounts.

Who is the publisher or sponsoring organization for this web page? Forbes Magazine

Accuracy

Do you trust the information given on the web page? Is it reliable and valid? Yes and Yes

Does the web page document its sources? In other words, does it tell you where the information comes from? Yes, there are several highlighted references to the sources to his information with links going to these websites

How does the information on the web page compare with what you already know? It just confirms some of my thoughts and opinions on the subject.

Currency

Does the web page tell you when it was created and last revised? It was created 5/03/2011 @ 9:09AM and from what I see there are no revisions.

Are there outdated (dead) links? yes all of the underlined or highlighted links says that the web page can not be found.

Coverage

What is the depth and breadth of the information on the web page? It is about whether or not tax cuts do help create jobs

Does it contain original information or just links to other sources? It contains both

Does the information have real value? Explain. I belive that it has real value. It informs us of the situation of todays unemployment.

Objectivity

What is the web page's purpose or intent? Why

was it created? To inform us of the situation

• inform/facts/data yes

• explain yes

• persuade yes

• sell/advertise no

• share/disclose yes

• other

Is the information biased? Is it designed to sway opinion? From whose perspective is it given? I feel that it is unbiased and it is to keep us informed of the situation. i feel that is is given from the perspective of the American buisness community.