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Poll Crashers Tilt Unscientific Polls Their Way

Via Media Shift by Simon Owens, November 6, 2008 During the Republican National Convention, NOW, a PBS weekly TV news magazine, posted an unscientific poll on its website asking viewers to vote on whether they thought vice presidential nominee Sarah … Continue reading

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‘Net yields new dirty political tricks, means to fight them

Via ARS Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: October 21, 2008 – 08:18PM CT Let’s face it, even hardcore privacy mavens probably appreciate the Internet’s magical ability to determine who should see that listing for used Smiths LPs and who … Continue reading

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Political Fact-Check Sites Proliferate, But Can They Break Through the Muck?

Via Media Shift by Mark Glaser, September 24, 2008 As the U.S. elections near the finish line, the presidential campaigns are throwing around enough verbal attacks and inflammatory advertising to make the average voter’s head spin. Fortunately, there are now … Continue reading

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Online Watchdog Sniffs for Media Bias

Via the New York Times By RICHARD PEREZ-PENA Published: October 15, 2008 If you don’t trust the news media, what are your options? You can fume about bias, wonder what you’re missing and suppress the urge to throw things. Or … Continue reading

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

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on October 10, 2008 What has ex-Yahooer and Delicious founderJoshua Schachter been working on sinceleaving Yahoo last June? At least one project is a GreaseMonkey script that shows readers the political leanings of blogs and news sites on Memeorandum, … Continue reading

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RealScoop Tells You When Politicians And Celebrities Are Lying

Via Tech Crunch RealScoop Tells You When Politicians And Celebrities Are Lying by Don Reisinger on September 28, 2008 Have you ever wanted to know when politicians are lying? A startup called RealScoop thinks it can nail it down for … Continue reading

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Political Fact-Check Sites Proliferate, But Can They Break Through the Muck?

Via Media Shift by Mark Glaser, 1:52PM As the U.S. elections near the finish line, the presidential campaigns are throwing around enough verbal attacks and inflammatory advertising to make the average voter’s head spin. Fortunately, there are now three excellent … Continue reading

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Watch The Political Spin Machine With Google “In Quotes”

Via Tech Crunch by Jason Kincaid on September 23, 2008 Google has just opened a new Labs project, called In Quotes, to the public. The site allows users to compare quotes from various political figures, displaying key excerpts from speeches … Continue reading

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