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Can spin be spotted with software?
SpinSpotter, which launched this month, claims it can. The company's founders, described in a BusinessWeek article as a mixture of entrepreneurs from the left, right and center, use algorithms to detect "news spin and bias, misuse of sources, and suspect factual support." One blogger, though, is already calling the idea another flavor of "magic beans."
Sept. 9, 2008
What it was, was football
Comparing front pages is a good way to teach students that page design reflects a publication's personality. And when the No. 1 college football team loses the big game, personality takes on fresh energy. Take a look at how a few newspapers handled Florida's drubbing of Ohio State in this year's national championship game.
Jan. 11, 2007
'Ford to City: Drop Dead'
Former President Gerald Ford, who died Dec. 26, inspired that headline back in 1975 when he refused to use federal aid to bail out New York City from its fiscal crisis. Read the story behind the headline and the man who wrote it.
Dec. 27, 2006
Best 'Crunks' of the year
Regret the Error has dubbed 2006 the Year of the Belated Apology in its annual roundup of the year's best corrections. And the Correction of the Year goes to ....
Dec. 11, 2006