At Tech Show, Even News Is Target for Improvement

Wall Street Journal by Nick Wingfield, Don Clark | Sep. 8, 2008 (News Report)

Participants at the Demo show include SpinSpotter, a start-up that plans to show an early version of software that is designed to identify bias and inaccuracy in online news stories. The Seattle-based company's Spinoculars program, which is designed to appear as a toolbar on most Web browsers, relies on software and input from its users to find opinionated language, sources with conflicts of interest and an over-reliance on text from corporate and ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, Business, Sci/Tech, Media
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Sep 8, 2008 - 9:22 AM PDT
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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David Barber
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 by David Barber - Oct. 1, 2008

Basically a list of newly released tech, and what it does. Some analysis of issues surrounding the products.

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Wayne Barker
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 by Wayne Barker - Oct. 1, 2008

This brief article mentions a few (4 of 72) of the solutions at the Demo show in San Diego. The article spends most of its copy on describing SpinSpotter, a browser plugin that would allow readers to view vetting from other readers and a few "referees". Of interest, they do not mention the similar function provided by NewsTrust.net. There is little insightful analysis, and most of the firms don't even get a hyperlink.

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