How can you tell fact from fiction on weblogs? It can be quite difficult sometimes, especially if your blog addresses a specific forum where you believe wholeheartedly in your argument. Most webpages I found back up my ideas on animal cruelty in the agri-farming and agri-business world. The Write Reason was produced to influence better health through better food. Finding sites that agree with my view wasn’t hard.

It was harder to find anti-animal, anit-activist sites. But they are there. So, just because a site agrees with my point of view, does it make it truthful? I had to research many different sites to find the answer. If I found at least five to six sites that backed up a claim, then I felt I could use it as fact. If a government or professional site backed up a claim, I again felt comfortable using that site. However, I couldn’t trust big business sites because they are trying to sell their ideas and products. Often, and this goes along with the slaughter of horses and the sale of horse meat, I found these sites focusing, not on the animal itself but on the commodity. The bottom line was the amount of profit to be made. Where there is a demand then someone will fill it no matter if it is selling horsemeat or arms smuggling. Weblogs that condoned eating horse meat were not numerous, but I did read interesting arguments. I still think it stinks to eat a horse, but look north to Canada, they love it.