Evaluation of General Sources

     An important debate/controversy in Systems and Industrial Engineering in the recent years stems from robotics.  Robotics has a lot to do with Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and plenty of other types of professions as well; however, robotics is largely incorporated into SIE.  One controversy occurring currently involves the job market.  There is a lot of advances occurring in the robotics industry and many think that more and more advances all lead to jobs being taken over by robots, that were once successfully completed by humans.  Two different articles, one from the American Society of Mechanical Engineerings, and the other from CNN's "Money" issue, have to do with robotics and the replacement of humans with working bots.
     ASME's article is primarily about the inclination of robotic creations and certain companies data that proves that robots are being used more frequently.  Information about this website is below:
URL: https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/manufacturing-processing/robots-grow-in-numbers
Author: Alan Brown, Associate Editor of the Mechanical Engineering Magazine
Last Updated: June 2015
Purpose: To inform. Not promoting a commercial product, idea, or philosophy.  It shows both sides of the issue.
Graphics: Yes. There is a picture that directly relates to the article, and a chart that has information that is backed up.
Position on Subject: Not biased, one-sided, incomplete, or erroneous. Viewers profit because they are more knowledgable on the subject.  Info can be verified.
Links: The links on the page take you to other articles from ASME that describe certain things being talked about in the robotics article.  Sources are cited, though.
     CNN's Money issue has more to do with a single robot that has come to life and could possibly be of use in the future.  It dives into the issue of this bot being able to replace workers later on the article.  Information about this site is below:
URL: http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/07/technology/sawyer-robot-manufacturing-revolution/
Author: Sheena Mckenzie, CNN Tech Editor
Last Updated: April 7, 2015
Purpose: To inform.  Promoting that life of Sawyer (the robot being discussed), but not necessarily trying to sell the product.
Graphics: There are pictures that represent depictions of what is being discussed in the article, but no charts or informational graphics.
Position on Subject: There doesn't seem to be a direct position.  It seems that the article is primarily meant to inform and entertain readers about the robot named Sawyer.
Links: There are links in this article to other sources, including a ".edu" source from a well known university (MIT).