
But what is a reliable source? In this age of misinformation and fake news, it can be difficult to judge whether the information is true or false. How can you decide what and who to trust? A reliable sources is actually not a very useful concept, even sources that are generally seen as reliable can be wrong. Reliable sources are about the wholesale adoption of narratives, not on the adoption of bits of information that improves your world view. Marleen’s infographic gives you more insight into how difficult it can be and focuses on the website Bellingcat. She shows that people within the Bellingcat bubble see Bellingcat as a reliable and trustworthy source (green in the infographic), but people outside this bubble do not (red in the infographic). The most important thing you should take from this is that you should attempt to look at issues from both sides. Try to find conflicting sources and to make up your mind, you are the only one who can judge whether something is true or false, trustworthy, or unreliable!