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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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    "Persistance is Fertile" - Me. I can quote myself if I want to.
  2. 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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    A closed mouth gathers no foot.