Ethan Zuckerman wants you to eat your (news) vegetables — or at least have better information

Nieman Journalism Lab by Andrew Phelps | Nov. 9, 2011 (Opinion)

Zuckerman wants to create nutritional labels for news, showing how much marshmallow fluff you mix in with your meat and potatoes. But both the tech and politics of categorizing journalism have a long way to go. Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Nieman Journalism Lab, Megan Taylor (t), Rachel Fus (t)

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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Nov 8, 2011 - 9:32 AM PST
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Nov 9, 2011 - 11:56 AM PST

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 by Warrior Wheatman - Nov. 10, 2011

Having an aplication showin how (racist, ethnocentric, one-sided, geographicaly ignorant,) one is would be very informative. Though semingly impossible, great strides are being made.

Though amased at how wordprocessors can summerise an article, I thought TAGS were already a great boon for analysis.

Fabrice Florin’s NewsTrust uses a human-powered, pro-am approach to determine quote versus factual statement versus inference. More »

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