Online reading, Google, Internet reliance(1)

In response to the "White Bread" article, I have to say I didn't really care for it. I know the author did not set out to imply that our generation is lazy or incompetent in deciphering fact from fiction, but that's the feeling that I got when I read it. Just because in the last 10 years or so our generation has began to rely on Internet resources like Google and Wikipedia, everyone knows those are not the only research tools out there. And, as I'm sure some of you have, I have sat through a class or seminar specifically designed to teach us how to research "correctly" on the Internet at least once in my life. :(
I don't think our generation necessarily needs to be bombarded with what not to do on the Internet when it comes to researching (anything for that matter)--I feel as a college student I can pick for myself what I think is true or not. And any good student knows that much of what you can find online you can find the same stuff in print and vice versa.
I feel patronized when elders look down on us and say we young people are relying on the Internet to much, or using particular Web sites without caution. I get most of my news with what is going on in the world online, and if someone honestly thinks Wikipedia is their best line of defense, then that's their problem. I don't feel like it should be some sort of blanket generalization for our generation. The Internet has caused us to think differently, because it has caused us to function differently and handle situations in ways that we could not in past. And what's wrong with that?

Also, for the "R U really Reading" article, I thought that was sort of comical. And all I will say is Yes, always, all the time, and I am thankful that in my lifetime we have something so beneficial as practically limitless information and texts online. :)