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Is the news media biased? Are they spinning the news? Does the media mistreat Senator Obama? Do news anchors belittle Sarah Palin? SpinSpotter launches on September 9th to Take Back The Truth.

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  • I currently enjoy receiving Al Jazeera English. It is so far beyond BBC World or CNN it's not funny. And guess what, only 2 American cable co.s carry Al Jazeera English, I think in Burlington and Akron. That's consumer choice for ya.

  • DearPeter: Interesting. I have seen only the "filtered" version of Al Jazeera and must admit to having read much more of the criticism of it than the praise, though Fact Company did an interesting piece on a BBC reporter who joined the network (whom, I understand, has since left). I would imagine it provides a fascinating view + sort of "voice" to the news. Question --- do you find it an objective source vs, say, BBC? I would love to see it SpinSpotted, if you do that, please let me know.

  • and they both seem to me to frequently try to get interview subjects to agree with their Westernized preconceptions. AlJ usually asks general questions and lets people talk.

  • DearPeter: I will check it out. Please stay in touch. BTW: our IE version will be out in a few weeks. --Todd

  • Like the idea, and will be testing it... just a couple of thoughts / impressions. I use two other tool bars in FF3 - stumbleupon & facebook - would be cool if developer peeps made the position they take not exclusive but combinable side-by-side with other such apps/ plug-ins. Would be cool if there was a way of you getting in bed with SU also - if that makes take up sense.

  • Hi Solitary Bee: When you go mark up some spin, see directions above or on the site, check out the share option You can share the spin you find with Stumble Upon. We are working of FB and agree we should do some integration. Thanks so much for the idea. Now, go use that tool and grab some spin to teach our algorithm

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  • But yes, I find AlJ's stories to be very informative and free of bias for the most part, though a certain anti-Americanism shows through on coverage of countries that America is messing around in, but I can forgive that. I feel CNN and BBC both spend up to 10 minutes of each hour telling me what channelk I'm watching, like I don't already know,

  • I'm not prepared to upgrade to FF3 yet, so I can't try your software yet. I'm super busy anyway.

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