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Conservapedia:Attribution (view source)
Revision as of 14:04, March 31, 2007
, 14:04, March 31, 2007a policy proposal that might help break some deadlocks around here
{{policy proposal}}
There's a difference between stating '''flatly''' that "the earth is 6,000 years old" and "Young Earth creationists say that the earch is 6,000 years old." Likewise, there's a difference between saying "All living species of animals evolved from earlier species" and saying "Most biologists believe that all living species of animals evolved from earlier species".
English teachers call that [[attribution]].
Here's another example:
*It was raining on Tuesday. (unattributed)
*John said it was raining on Tuesday. (attributed)
Newspaper report on a murder trial:
*Smith killed Jones.
*Judge Robinson found Smith guilty of killing Jones.
Simply by attributing a statement to the person who said it, we can turn bias into fact. That is, we convert a statement about something from a [[biased assertion]] into an [[attribution]]. We don't say "X". We say that "A said X."
There's a difference between stating '''flatly''' that "the earth is 6,000 years old" and "Young Earth creationists say that the earch is 6,000 years old." Likewise, there's a difference between saying "All living species of animals evolved from earlier species" and saying "Most biologists believe that all living species of animals evolved from earlier species".
English teachers call that [[attribution]].
Here's another example:
*It was raining on Tuesday. (unattributed)
*John said it was raining on Tuesday. (attributed)
Newspaper report on a murder trial:
*Smith killed Jones.
*Judge Robinson found Smith guilty of killing Jones.
Simply by attributing a statement to the person who said it, we can turn bias into fact. That is, we convert a statement about something from a [[biased assertion]] into an [[attribution]]. We don't say "X". We say that "A said X."