Alan Horn
Founding Member (since August 2007)
I found NewsTrust when I was searching for ideas and ways to implement this cool idea I had for rating online content in such a way as to increase confidence in its correctness.
Well what do you know, someone has already done it. It saves me a bunch of development, and I'm very glad to be involved with something that aligns with my desire for truth in media. So many of the worlds problems can be solved if we just have the facts. Controlling of information is generally A Bad Thing.
About Alan
Location:
Redwood City, California, United States
Occupation:
Unix System Developer, Yahoo Inc
Interests:
truth in journalism, world peace, religious freedom (and freedom from religion), human race emotional growth
Expertise:
computer issues, digital security, technology, ethical hacking
Affiliations:
Usenix, SAGE, BayLISA, Toastmasters International
Background
Journalism:
None
Education:
Post-graduate school
News:
10-30 minutes a day
Internet:
90 minutes a day or more
Languages:
English-only
Politics:
Left
Age:
35-49
Gender:
Male
Contact Info
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Jun 30, 2009 - 9:50 PM PDT
Last Edit:
Aug 11, 2009 - 8:34 AM PDT
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Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan posted and reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan posted and reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan posted and reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
It's editorial, but it made me smile, and for that, I consider it a great article. Humor and satire are important.
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 3.5
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan posted and reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
This is not news that I've seen elsewhere, so it seemed like a useful thing to highlight. It's basically a numbers analysis, but the key thing here is that it's a supposedly 'safe' republican seat that is close to switching sides.
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 3.3
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
The article doesn't provide a great deal of information about the alternatives to this new method. If one weren't well informed about the subject it would be easy to be snowed by the figures. The most important point made is that for every spam blocking technique developed, the spammers develop a countermeasure. Opus One is not an independent consultancy I have heard of, and I am in this business.
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 2.7
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
I'm not sure why this is reported as being other than editorial. While my politics may in part agree with the writer, the way this is presented doesn't ring as good journalism to me.
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 3.7
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Since the story is basically a transcript of Keith Olbermann's 'special comment' segment on his show "Countdown", the accuracy of the *article* is almost 100% because it reports almost exactly the original words (modulus a few spelling errors). It's worth noting that this same content is also posted on Olbermann's own part of the MSNBC website, in the "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" pages, as are many (possibly all) of Olbermann's "Special comments"
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 3.6
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
It's good to see a relatively liberal news source try to challenge the accepted image of Secretary Rice by her dissenters. It's always good to persuade people to think about more angles on something.
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 3.3
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
This story is very difficult to read. It hops around too much and is more a series of statements than a cohesive report.
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 2.7
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
While the article's standards seemed higher than many popular media, I felt that it didn't clearly explain its sources; names were mentioned but it wasn't obvious which facts went with which source. Fairness was ambivalent since it doesn't demonstrate that the gender imbalance has changed since *before* the one-child policy.
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 3.3
Alan reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2008
Alan posted and reviewed this story - Jul 9, 2008
Alan posted and reviewed this story - Jul 9, 2008
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What Microsoft wants from Yahoo
See All NT Reviews » NT Rating: 4.3
Alan posted and reviewed this story - May 29, 2008
Alan posted and reviewed this story - Apr 27, 2008
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