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Ask Slashdot: How Do News Organizations Keep Track of So Much Information?

Posted by BeauHD on from the too-much-to-handle dept.

dryriver writes: Major news organizations from CNN, BBC, ABC to TIME magazine, the New York Times and the Economist publish a tremendous amount of information, especially now that almost everybody runs a 24/7 updated website alongside their TV channel, magazine or newspaper. Question: How do news organizations actually keep track of what must be 1000s of pieces of incoming information that are processed into news stories every day? If they are using software to manage all this info -- which makes a lot of sense -- is it off-the-shelf software that anybody can buy, or do major news organizations typically commission IT/software contractors to build them a custom "Information Management System" or similar? If there is good off-the-shelf software for managing a lot of information, who makes it and what is it called?

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  1. If it's the left, just a narrative will do. by sethstorm · · Score: 1, Troll

    If it follows the narrative, they keep and publish it.
    If it doesn't, they purge it.

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    Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
  2. Re: If it's the right.... by MatthiasF · · Score: 1, Troll

    Spew hate, false accusations and never admit you are wrong.

    If a fact proves you wrong, call it fake news and build a conspiracy theory with no basis to distract your base with nonsense long enough for their tiny minds to forget the fact that would have changed their world view.