Posts Tagged ‘Deltas’

The Quick Brown – watching FOX headlines change over time

2009/03/03/1058

The Quick Brown is a Fox News headline tracker that visually displays deltas (additions and edits) in a quick-to-grok manner. It’s actually possible to watch the sensationalizing in slow-motion, which is as sickening as it is fascinating.

For example, the headline “Obama: Tax cut by April 1″ becomes “Obama gearing up for fight.”

The text of the article shifts from:
“President says he’ll fight to change health care, energy and education — even if lobbyists don’t like it”
to
“President says he’ll fight to change health care, energy and education — as GOP objects to budget’s cost.”

It’s almost like the news is being corroded before our eyes, where a perfectly reasonable story about taxes is tailored into a standoffish piece about Obama targeting the party of Fox News.

RTFA: http://www.thequickbrown.com/

What?
The Quick Brown tracks changes in Fox News headlines.

Legend
Styles used to show edits:

Red with strikethrough
Text that has been removed.

Black inverted:
Text or story that has been added.

Red
The story was removed from the headlines list.

Light grey
A headline that stayed the same.

Statistics
Stories: 7231
Total amount of edits: 10193
Running for: 550 days