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Just some trivia, and I'm sorry if I get any details wrong; a former colleague (who is now a PhD student at Northwestern, in the US) made a Chrome extension th
by gota 8y ago
Just some trivia, and I'm sorry if I get any details wrong;
a former colleague (who is now a PhD student at Northwestern, in the US) made a Chrome extension that used publicly available data to transform every mention of a politician or political party into a 'link'. By hovering the mouse, the extension showed you exactly who/what companies donated how much to that politican/party.
It was eye opening to read the news with that on. He even made national headlines here (not EU).
Eventually the project was canned because the public source was discontinued by the government.
- walterbell 8y agoThanks for the idea, a writeup or screenshots would be helpful. Maybe we can rebuild it using multiple data sources.
- 317070 8y agoI made something similar for Belgium a while back [0]. Unfortunately, all I had were the official resources. How much is earned for most of the positions is not public information (or is well hidden in opaque structures). This form of information augmentation has an enormous impact on how you can consume the news. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hoeveel-verdient-een-poli/fflfmdjmelaknahhfdfphpebpfjhlcid https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hoeveel-verdient-e...