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Interesting. I'll agree that this points to the organization having a preference in the outcome here. However, the original post that started this thread seeme
by throwaway7767 10y ago
Interesting. I'll agree that this points to the organization having a preference in the outcome here.
However, the original post that started this thread seemed to indicate that their data was suspect due to their bias. I remain very skeptical of this, given that their goal is to collect all the political ads and speeches, regardless of party or candidate. Time will tell I guess, but until we have indications otherwise I will continue to consider the Internet Archive's library a reliable source of unbiased information.
- tunap 10y agoLessig actively campaigning for electoral revolt left a bad taste in my mouth. I respect what he/they have done for the common good in the past, but lately he/they seem more biased vs. Trump than fighting for civil liberties and the common good.
- beardicus 10y agoLessig has nothing to do with the Internet Archive, as far as I'm aware.
- tunap 10y agoWow, thanks. I made an erroneous connection between the two over a decade ago and have assumed ever since that Lessig was somehow involved with the Archive(board member, legal team, early Kahle collaborator). TIL.
- yakult 10y agoThe important part is that they are going to annotate those first-party sources with 'fact checking', which is slanted left [0][1] in the US and has infinite regression problems. Also, they are doing this all with humans, and the overt perception of bias means that it will attract biased people over time. It may eventually become an attack site that cherry-picks the past to provide ammunition, because that is a lower energy state, being easier to do than actual human annotation. [0] http://thefederalist.com/2016/12/16/running-data-politifact-shows-bias-conservatives/ http://thefederalist.com/2016/12/16/running-data-politifact-... [1] https://thefederalist.com/2016/12/29/politifact-slants-truth-ratings-republicans/ https://thefederalist.com/2016/12/29/politifact-slants-truth...