Comments on: Delicious, Upcoming Founders To Show You Political Bias Of News Sites

By: כל הבייס שלכם שייך לנו*

כל הבייס שלכם שייך לנו* — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:02:45 +0000

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By: Reading for October 13th through October 14th | Sixth W

Reading for October 13th through October 14th | Sixth W — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:06:08 +0000

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By: Unrequired Reading {14.10.08 to 15.10.08}

Unrequired Reading {14.10.08 to 15.10.08} — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:02:56 +0000

[...] Delicious, Upcoming Founders To Show You Political Bias Of News Sites – Another Firefox plugin: "Political sites are usually very biased, but the casual reader often doesn’t know which way a particular site tends to rant. With the new script, also available as a Firefox plugin, sites are shaded towards blue (whiny cowards) or red (warmongers) depending on their linking behavior." [...]

By: links for 2008-10-14 — contentious.com

links for 2008-10-14 — contentious.com — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:00:22 +0000

[...] Delicious, Upcoming Founders To Show You Political Bias Of News Sites "Political sites are usually very biased, but the casual reader often doesn’t know which way a particular site tends to rant. With the new script, also available as a Firefox plugin, sites are shaded towards blue (whiny cowards) or red (warmongers) depending on their linking behavior." (tags: politics bias tools) [...]

By: Memeorandum: Wie Techmeme aber für US-Politik | tou.ch

Memeorandum: Wie Techmeme aber für US-Politik | tou.ch — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:48:15 +0000

[...] einen Eintrag von Michael Arrington auf TechCrunch (Delicious, Upcoming Founders To Show You Political Bias Of News Sites)bin ich auf Memeorandum gestossen. Ist wie Techmeme, auch vom Design her, aber halt für US-Politik [...]

By: BiteMe

BiteMe — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:29:37 +0000

Dude, when you say something less than transcendent and finish it all by labeling others with some kind of slur, it says a lot about you, but rarely anything about the others.

People who do not think the same way you do aren’t morons; believing that on any topic there can only be one school of thought kind of makes you one though.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:40:11 +0000

I don’t even know where to begin telling you all the things that are wrong with your comment. Then again, you believe something that Chomsky wrote about the media, so you are probably beyond saving anyway. On the positive side: In your world, you aren’t a moron.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:27:21 +0000

Phil wrote: “You cannot believe anything the McCain campaign says.”

Yes, many people *can* believe what his campaign says, just as many people can believe what the Obama campaign says. In case you are new to politics, the truth is that politicians, with very rare exception, lie. They might call it spin, exaggeration, or nuance; but a lie is a lie. And both McCain and Obama have told many lies this year. Alas, the “change” we were promised is a fantasy.

The truth is that most people believe what they *want* to believe, just as you believed erroneous stories about the McCain rally you cited. The “right wing” is mad at McCain for many reasons, but people were booing because they see him as too soft on Obama. You probably can’t believe that, because you see McCain as mean or evil or Bush 3 (or all of the above). But many on the right believe that McCain needs to grow a pair and stop pulling punches. If you want to know what the right *believes*, just read their reputable writers. I did.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:47:41 +0000

“blue (whiny cowards) or red (warmongers)”

Said like a real libertarian

By: MotivateMe

MotivateMe — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:56:58 +0000

Anyone who thinks the media is ‘liberal’ is a moron.

Please idiots, read “Manufacturing Consent” or just think critically about the obvious. Why would multi-billion dollar mega-corporations work against their own self interests by promoting a ‘liberal’ anti-corporate agenda?

MORONS

By: links for 2008-10-11 - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog

links for 2008-10-11 - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:30:38 +0000

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By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:00:04 +0000

The right wing has gone out of control this weekend. People are calling Obama an Arab terrorist. They are shouting out to kill him and cut of his head at McCain rallies. McCain tried to calm things down yesterday (low poll numbers or Secret Service request?) and said that Obama is a good man and his crowd booed him. Then he gives the mic to a woman and she says she’s an Arab. The desperate lies have gone too far. You cannot believe anything the McCain campaign says. They will say anything if they think it might help them win.

By: truthiswhatitis

truthiswhatitis — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:03:38 +0000

always been a liberal bias with the larger media outlets claiming to be news reportings sources (not shows like rush limbaugh or keith olbermann…) – conservatives have fox and the wall journal, liberals have abc, nbc, msnbc, cbs, new york time, washington post, newsweek, time, npr, etc. obviously, when you look at the audience size, there has traditionally been a moderate advantage for democratic candidates. however, this year things went off the rails. while supporters of one party may love it (and deny it), longer term it is never, ever good when the major sources of “objective” news for any country make decisions regarding who “should” be in political leadership positions.

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Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:57:53 +0000

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By: Tim@TheWindowsFix

Tim@TheWindowsFix — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:52:30 +0000

Interesting idea…I’m sure some people rolled their eyes at Delicious in the beginning as well. Probably not many, but some.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:11:40 +0000

If you like Osama, vote for Obama.

By: WEB TECH BLOG

WEB TECH BLOG — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:38:22 +0000

That’s right!~

By: joshua schachter

joshua schachter — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:10:44 +0000

For what it’s worth, this is Andy Baio’s idea, I just helped with the math.

By: Daniel Tunkelang

Daniel Tunkelang — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:30:59 +0000

On a site by site basis, sure. But I think you’re missing the point. The real value here is seeing the aggregate picture–how stories are being selectively covered by the partisans. It’s not just that people of different political leanings see the same world through different lenses, it’s that they actually see very different worlds because of source selection bias.

By: otis

otis — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:27:08 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Anyone that is able tie their own shoes should be able to extract which way a site leans.

By: FixThePig

FixThePig — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:09:07 +0000

There is not doubt that this topic has been talked about and talked about over and over again, but it would be nice to have tool that could clearly show the average person just how biased politically the news, or blogs can be. It’s amazing how many times people simply take everything they read on the internet or in the paper as 100% fact.
Someone as recently as yesterday told me that the news was not biased! ha

By: Insider

Insider — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:47:09 +0000

f off you liberal scum

By: marc

marc — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:17:41 +0000

red or blue, got a clue?
here it is: Continue the pain, vote for McCain!

By: Opie

Opie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:11:46 +0000

Anyone who needs a Firefox plugin to help them determine the political leanings of a website probably isn’t smart enough to operate a mouse anyway.

By: cyza

cyza — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:55:46 +0000

That is something almost beyond our control… but its up to the community to unite and react together to neutralize the situation.