Tag Archives: Face-O-Matic

Expanding the Television Archive

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Wendy Hanamura

When we started archiving television in 2000, people shrugged and asked, “Why?  Isn’t it all junk anyway?” As the saying goes, one person’s junk is another person’s gold. From 2010-18, scholars, pundits and above all, reporters, have spun journalistic gold … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Face-o-Matic on Trump, McConnell, and Pelosi; PolitiFact picks “2017 Lie of the Year”

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A biweekly round up on what’s happening at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. This week we take a dive into nearly six months of Face-o-Matic facial recognition data. We also display the news clips behind PolitiFact’s top … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Whoops, they said it again (on taxes)

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A biweekly round up on what’s happening at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman This week, we demonstrate GOP and Democrat talking points on taxes; display a case of mistaken facial identity; and present fact checks on the … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: With indictment, chyrons & captions get a graphic workout

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A biweekly round up on what’s happening at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman Fox News downplayed Mueller indictment, according to NYT editorial chyron analysis In the most intensive use the Internet Archive’s Third Eye data to date, … Continue reading →

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History is happening, and we’re not just watching

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

Which recent hurricane got the least amount of attention from TV news broadcasters? Irma Maria Harvey Thomas Jefferson said, “Government that governs least governs best.” True False Mitch McConnell shows up most on which cable TV news channel? CNN Fox … Continue reading →

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TV news chyron data provide ways to explore breaking news reports & bias

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

Today the Internet Archive’s TV News Archive announces a new way to plumb our TV news collections to see how news stories are reported: data feeds for the news that appears as chyrons on the lower thirds of TV screens.  Our Third Eye … Continue reading →

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Face-o-Matic data show Trump dominates – Fox focuses on Pelosi; MSNBC features McConnell

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

For every ten minutes that TV cable news shows featured President Donald Trump’s face on the screen this past summer, the four congressional leaders’ visages were presented  for one minute, according an analysis of Face-o-Matic downloadable, free data fueled by … Continue reading →

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McConnell, Schumer, Ryan, Pelosi fact-checked clips featured in new TV News Archive collections

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

Today the Internet Archive’s TV News Archive unveils growing TV news collections focused on congressional leadership and top Trump administration officials, expanding our experimental Trump Archive to other newsworthy government officials. Together, all of the collections include links to more … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: McCain returns to vote, Spicer departs

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening and what we’re seeing at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. Last week, Sean Spicer left his White House post and Anthony Scaramucci, the new communications … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: adventures with Face-O-Matic

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman This week we bring you adventures with Face-O-Matic; fact-checks on President Donald Trump’s legislative record and on health care reform; and we follow … Continue reading →

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