Complex or clickbait?: The problematic Media Bias Chart https://acrlog.org/2021/02/23/complex-or-clickbait-the-problematic-media-bias-chart/
On 1/13/21 11:52 AM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote: > > https://www.adfontesmedia.com/interactive-media-bias-chart-2/ > > from the FAQ: >> Ad Fontes Media is a Public Benefit Corporation in Colorado, which means it >> is a for-profit corporation with a stated public benefit mission. That >> mission is "to make news consumers smarter and news media better." >> >> The startup company, which was founded in February of 2018, was initially >> self-funded by its Founder and CEO, Vanessa Otero, who is a patent attorney >> in Westminster, CO. The company's initial products included digital licenses >> and poster prints of the Media Bias Chart®. Ad Fontes Media can and does >> accept individual donations through its, but they are not tax deductible. >> >> From September to November 2018, the company ran a crowdfunding campaign on >> Indiegogo and raised approximately $32,000 from 508 individual backers. This >> funding was used to hire a team of part-time analysts to conduct our first >> Multi-Analyst Ratings Project, build our database, and build out our >> Interactive Media Bias Chart. >> >> Since August 2019, Ad Fontes Media has expanded its products and services to >> include the following: >> >> Individual memberships that provide updated licensed versions of the >> Media Bias Chart and other benefits >> An educational news literacy software platform called CART, available >> via subscription >> News rating data via API >> Media Bias Chart merchandise such as mugs, t-shirts, stickers, and >> posters. >> >> Ad Fontes Media does not sell ads on its website. Ad Fontes Media currently >> has no organizational donors or outside investors; however, Ad Fontes Media >> may seek such funding to grow in the future and will disclose any such >> funding sources on this site. > > -- ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/
