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As I was reading coverage of Newsweek's troubles, I came across an interesting website at http://www.mondotimes.com/. The site has a thorough listing of ownership of media companies, contact names, tools for building e-mail lists, and so on, but what caught my attention were the ratings of political bias and credibility. Since the ratings are apparently based on the opinions of site members (I declined to give them my e-mail so I could vote on my local paper) the ratings are not based on any kind of formula, but instead represent the perceptions of the members. Newsweek was voted as a moderately credible, left-leaning news source, Time was reported as having no bias, but also having little credibility, and US News & World Report was voted "very good, and leans right" and also highly credible. This begs the question of how credible "mondotimes.com" is. There don't appear to be many votes per news source. Anne-Marie Gordon, Librarian Livonia Primary School Livonia, NY agordon@livoniacsd.org http://www.livoniacsd.org/primaryschool/gordon/index.htm "A life without stories would be no life at all." --from Alexander McCall Smith's, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies. >>> "Endlich, Rebecca (EWHS)" <EndlichR@EDMONDS.WEDNET.EDU> 10/15/05 8:27 PM >>> I find this quite fascinating as in my opinion, both Time and Newsweek have a slightly right bias. Can there be any other analyses out there so we don't just exchange opinions? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------