Equal distribution

Posted by ALP on July 2, 2009, 19:36:53, in reply to "Re: "one would expect a wider spread of sources cited""

Gunnar writes: > If I was to look at 192 news sources daily and treat > them all equally in my reporting, I would expect to have > a close to equal distribution of news sources citied in > my database. That would be a very strange expectation. Under what circumstances do you think (for example) Reuters and Amnesty International (both listed as sources) would have an "equal distribution" of citings?

Message Thread: Stephen Soldz on the “mob psychology” of Medialens - ALP July 1, 2009, 16:08:11 Re: Stephen Soldz on the “mob psychology” of Medialens - gunnar July 1, 2009, 19:45:14 Re: Stephen Soldz on the “mob psychology” of Medialens - ALP July 1, 2009, 20:22:13 Media Hell link... - ALP July 1, 2009, 20:34:58 Re: Media Hell link... - Michael Hardiman July 1, 2009, 20:59:46 Re: Media Hell link... - ALP July 1, 2009, 21:03:43 Trick or treat? - Raoul Djukanovic July 1, 2009, 23:38:02 Re: Stephen Soldz on the “mob psychology” of Medialens - gunnar July 2, 2009, 8:39:51 For the umpteenth time... - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 10:19:13 Re: For the umpteenth time... - gunnar July 2, 2009, 12:29:48 And your point is? - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 13:37:49 Re: And your point is? - gunnar July 2, 2009, 13:57:26 Is this "real dialog"? - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 14:06:03 Re: Is this "real dialog"? - gunnar July 2, 2009, 14:44:42 "one would expect a wider spread of sources cited" - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 15:02:41 Re: "one would expect a wider spread of sources cited" - gunnar July 2, 2009, 15:43:17 I Medialensed - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 17:51:42 What is so difficult to understand? - gunnar July 2, 2009, 19:48:19 Nonsense - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 20:01:07 Equal distribution - ALP July 2, 2009, 19:36:53 Re: "one would expect a wider spread of sources cited" - Michael Hardiman July 2, 2009, 20:28:45 oops - reply to you is below, posted @ 20:35 (nm) - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 20:35:52 Confused rather than controversial - ALP July 2, 2009, 21:58:20 Re: Confused rather than controversial - Michael Hardiman July 2, 2009, 22:14:25 It's the gold standard... - g33kThug July 2, 2009, 23:56:22 Re: Confused rather than controversial - ALP July 3, 2009, 1:14:59 Re: Confused rather than controversial - Michael Hardiman July 3, 2009, 11:32:04 Where are those other deaths being reported? - Raoul Djukanovic July 2, 2009, 20:35:02 Re: Where are those other deaths being reported? - walter July 2, 2009, 23:59:35 less credibility - Raoul Djukanovic July 3, 2009, 5:17:28 Re: less credibility - walter July 3, 2009, 15:29:02 "a touch nihilist" - Raoul Djukanovic July 3, 2009, 16:22:43 Re: "a touch nihilist" - walter July 3, 2009, 22:33:18 "What is your explanation of the discrepancy" - Raoul Djukanovic July 3, 2009, 23:45:55 pssst... - g33kThug July 4, 2009, 0:14:27 I love... - Raoul Djukanovic July 4, 2009, 8:25:00 Re: pssst... - walter July 4, 2009, 9:23:02 Re: pssst... - g33kThug July 4, 2009, 12:30:18 Re: pssst... - walter July 4, 2009, 14:31:52 Re: "What is your explanation of the discrepancy" - walter July 4, 2009, 11:05:40 "an attempt to dismiss criticism" - Raoul Djukanovic July 4, 2009, 12:09:05 Re: "an attempt to dismiss criticism" - walter July 4, 2009, 19:14:46 "With such faith in the media..." - Raoul Djukanovic July 5, 2009, 0:05:27 Re: "With such faith in the media..." - walter July 5, 2009, 2:21:41 Sorry Walter - Raoul Djukanovic July 5, 2009, 8:14:51 Sorry Raoul - walter July 5, 2009, 11:37:42 "two opinions" - Raoul Djukanovic July 5, 2009, 11:48:27 Delirium - Raoul Djukanovic July 5, 2009, 11:50:33 Re: "two opinions" - walter July 5, 2009, 17:41:34 "It is rather a pity" - Raoul Djukanovic July 5, 2009, 20:50:51 Re: "It is rather a pity" - walter July 6, 2009, 1:00:41 Pernicious nonsense - Raoul Djukanovic July 6, 2009, 7:31:11 Re: Pernicious nonsense - walter July 6, 2009, 10:36:26 Turning Test Alert! - g33kThug July 6, 2009, 10:53:41 Typing too fast... should have been "Turing" (NM) - g33kThug July 6, 2009, 10:56:16 like a dull knife... - g33kThug July 3, 2009, 18:14:52 Huh? What? - ALP July 3, 2009, 19:53:43 Re: Huh? What? - walter July 3, 2009, 22:37:13 Response to Dissident93 - Medialens dittoheads.... - walter July 5, 2009, 14:29:13 Conflating & confusing - ALP July 2, 2009, 15:18:12 You're so Americanised 'Raoul' - eman July 18, 2009, 12:39:08 Right on - Raoul Djukanovic July 19, 2009, 14:51:48 Re: Stephen Soldz on the “mob psychology” of Medialens - walter July 2, 2009, 12:13:08 « Back to thread

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