Inaccurate, Biased Information on Net

Re “Libraries Challenge Net Filter Requirement,” March 25: As a recently retired school library media teacher, I see a more serious problem than pornography for children and youth who are increasingly using the Internet for doing school homework and research. This is the wide availability of inaccurate, biased and otherwise unreliable information.

After all, students know pornography when they see it, and filters may offer some protection. But young people typically accept any hits, usually the first few, that a search engine brings to them. This information may or may not be reliable, and most students do not care.

Obviously, filters will not help, and students should not be denied the use of the Internet as an information source. The solution to this problem is to have library media teachers available to teach and guide students in every California school. Unfortunately, California is last in the nation regarding the number of students per credentialed school librarian.

Carl Martz

Redlands