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This study compares Google News to LexisNexis for finding stories in the New York Times, eight large-circulation U.S. newspapers, and all English-language news outlets in each database. Inter-database agreement between Google News and LexisNexis ranged from 29% to 83%, with much of the discrepancy due to wire service exclusions: LexisNexis missed half or more of stories appearing in major papers and in broad searches of English-language news because it is blind to wire stories. Wire-service blind spots in news archives can be a substantial limitation.
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From a broader historical perspective, the period of 1970 to 2000 also included the end of the Vietnam War era, the rise of political conservatives led by President Reagan, the end of the Cold War era and fall of the Soviet Union, the emergence of personal computers and new media and the reconfiguration of the American and world economies. [...] the appearance of an unnamed source often signals a political effort to manage the news, something that would have been consistent with the communication goals of the Reagan White House.25 Reinforcing the idea of an apparent relationship between presidencies and media sourcing trends, Kaiser stressed that the nature of government leadership, the White House as well as Congress, influences how reporters use anonymity.
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YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC STAFF
Yakima City Manager Dick Zais has been a regular fixture in news stories for more than 30 years.
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INCREASES: The great downsizing era in Los Angeles may be coming to a close. After years of reducing payrolls, Southland companies from ...
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The newspaper business is beset with financial and readership problems, but there's at least one category in which we still excel: odd news.
My manila folder marked "Weird stories of 2011" is stuffed with news clippings. From karaoke hostesses to secret husbands, this was a banner year for weirdness.
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BIN LADEN KILLED
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VIRGINIA BEACH
The 3-year-old girl mentioned in the yellowed news stories sits on her couch.
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The Partisan fight on the budget
Blame it on the dog days of summer or the void of news around the holidays, but nothing claimed front-page dominance like the fight on the Hill for cutting the budget and capping spending.
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Sources: "Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or is it More?" [Michael Schwartz], After Downing Street, July 6, 2007; "Iraq Death Toll Rivals Rwanda Genocide, Cambodian Killing Fields," Joshua Holland, Alternet, Sept 17, 2007; "Iraq Conflict Has Killed a Million: Survey," Luke Baker, Reuters, Jan. 30, 2008; "Iraq: Not Our Country to Return To," Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamal, Inter Press Service, March 3, 2008.
Sources: "Exporting U.S. 'Criminal Justice' to Latin America," "Community in Solidarity With The People of [B Salvador]," Upside Down World, June 14, 2007; "Another SOA?" [Wes Enzinna], NACLA Report on the Americas, March/April 2008; "ILEA Funding Approved by Salvadoran Right Wing Legislators," The Committee in Solidarity with the People of B Salvador, March 15...
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MURDER OF LOWER BURRELL OFF. DEREK KOTECKI