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Started by Kai, April 06, 2009, 03:51:48 PM

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Kai

April 06, 2009, 03:51:48 PM
I don't know if anyone has mentioned it before, but this web application:

http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

Is freaking cool. It tracks the most viewed news stories online and by size and color of the story, graphically shows each stories visibility and thus tracks the real current bias in reporting. Not only does it cover the united states world news, but also buisness, nation, health technology and entertainment, as well as the same categories for different countries. Furthermore, you can edit which categories and nations you view at any one time, and you can go back to a weekly archive  to check where the bias was several days ago at a particular time.

After knowing about this for several months I've finally set it as my homepage.
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#1
April 06, 2009, 03:56:14 PM
That is really freaking cool.  Bookmarked.

Jenne

#2
April 06, 2009, 04:44:21 PM
That is really cool.  Yoinking and sharing that one!

fomenter

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April 06, 2009, 05:59:52 PM Last Edit: April 06, 2009, 06:01:38 PM by fomenter
not sure if i should thank you, or be mad, 
the site is like handing a news junky a needle that's always full...
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Kai

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April 08, 2009, 04:28:40 PM
As my homepage, I have it set up so it shows me world, nation, technology, business and health for UK, US and Canada. I can plainly see which stories have overal biased reporting because they show up several times. I can also what the individual national biases are and how they differ.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. --Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey

Her Royal Majesty's Chief of Insect Genitalia Dissection
Grand Visser of the Six Legged Class
Chanticleer of the Holometabola Clade Church, Diptera Parish

Xooxe

#5
April 09, 2009, 10:11:20 AM
Quote from: Kai on April 08, 2009, 04:28:40 PMI can plainly see which stories have overal biased reporting because they show up several times.

And then there's also the bias of something not showing up. Making an editorial decision of what to cover and how much importance it gets pretty much is a biased process, isn't it?

The newsmap is brilliant. Thank you for the link.

rong

#6
April 09, 2009, 11:02:30 AM
i assume this is real time, so "big" world news stories in the UK won't show up in the US until a few hours later.

edit: oh yeah, thanks for sharing - this is B as in Bad and A as in Ass.
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#7
April 09, 2009, 12:18:50 PM
Hrm, how does one look at the related stories?
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Kai

#8
April 09, 2009, 02:40:02 PM
Quote from: Requia on April 09, 2009, 12:18:50 PM
Hrm, how does one look at the related stories?

Click the headline box, it links you to the story.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. --Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey

Her Royal Majesty's Chief of Insect Genitalia Dissection
Grand Visser of the Six Legged Class
Chanticleer of the Holometabola Clade Church, Diptera Parish

LMNO

#9
April 09, 2009, 02:41:57 PM
Yeah, but when it says, "+ 967 related articles," how can you get to them?
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