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Microsoft Developing News Sorting Based On Political Bias

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the next-measure-the-magnitude-of-political-affiliation dept.

wiredog writes "The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft is developing a program that classifies news stories according to whether liberal or conservative bloggers are linking to them and also measures the 'emotional intensity' based on the frequency of keywords in the blog posts." If you would like to jump right to the tool you can check out "Blews" on the Microsoft site.

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  1. This just in... by Justabit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft is the best software maker in the world! ..and now to Jeff for the weather..

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  2. I can't be the only one tagging as "blows" by StonedYoda47 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on, that's just too obvious a joke for /.

  3. Re:How about something useful.... by calebt3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like emacs vs. vim?

  4. Re:Perfect... by psychodelicacy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please, please don't do that. Treat us as real people and react to what we're saying instead of the potential that we have breasts. Please?

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  5. Re:Perfect... by superwiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some people with an opposing viewpoint might word it in a reasonable manner. That's probably why it ticks him off.
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  6. Re:Perfect... by The+One+and+Only · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorting all news into one thing or another is just an extension of this mentality, and it is harmful. Would you tolerate it if they sorted it into Black News and White News? Or into News for Women, and News for Men? Put the gardening and housekeeping on News for Women, and the tech and business stuff on News for Men...

    And before long we'll have News for Nerds!

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