What if I want to describe the British
National Party's official policy on asylum seekers? Wouldn't the best
way to do that be to cite the official policy itself? It isn't
produced by a reputable organisation, but it's pretty authoritative on
official published party policy.
That's not the issue. Citing the National Party on it's own policy is
perfectly reasonable. However, the real issues occur when people want
to cite webpages like this
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/fake_invasion.htm on the
George Bush article: to prove that George Bush "first started selling
drugs to our children. The drug money was used to finance the deep
underground alien bases."
That site is clearly not authoritative on the activities of the younger
Bush. It is, however, authoritative on the expressed opinions of the
anonymous kook who wrote that piece.