今天晚上到了盐城的大丰市，去了麋鹿的自然保护区。麋鹿真有意思，它是中国的动物，但有一段时间在中国消失了，幸好英国的贝福特爵士还养了几头，要不然就会灭绝。结果，几头又被送到中国，现在世界上的麋鹿已经超过3000头，光我们今天去的保护区就有1007头。

刚写了一篇托福作文，我认为题目比较有意思，想听听大家的想法。

问：Nowadays, there are so many sources of news and information that is difficult to know whom to believe or who is telling the truth.  Do you agree or disagree?  Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.

答：While it is true that the number of sources of news and information that many of us have access to has increased, this increased availability of information has actually made it easier to determine who is telling the truth.  The fact that were fewer sources of information available in the past does not necessarily imply that those information sources were reliable, and the increased availability of sources of information today gives the consumer more choice about what he or she wishes to believe.

When I was growing up there were only a few television channels, and the Internet had yet to become widely used.  The lack of a wide variety of information sources presented the illusion that what was presented on television and in newspapers was the truth, but what it really represented was a narrow scope of opinion and lack of exposure to the wide variety of opinions that can lead to truth.  In fact, a false story could be presented on television or in the newspaper and the lack of a competing opinion could lead many to take the false story to be true.

Nowadays, it seems like everywhere we turn we are bombarded with different sources of information.  There are hundreds of television channels and millions of different websites online that present a wide variety of opinions on any subject one can imagine.  This onslaught of information can be overwhelming, but what it represents is a set of tools that we can use to pursue the truth.  A vivid example of this was provided when CBS News used some fake documents as evidence in a story about US President George W. Bush.  In the past, no one might have noticed the fake documents, or if someone did they would have had limited opportunities to share the information.  With the existence of the powerful medium that is the Internet, however, the story about the fake documents spread online, and CBS was forced to recall the story.

The increase in the number of sources of information can make life seem more overwhelming, and it can make us feel more confused about what to believe.  In the end, however, access to information empowers individuals to learn more about issues and make more accurate decisions about what is true and what is not.