a hot research task for anyone with Nexis access (swiftboat vs. AWOL)
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Fri Aug-20-04 04:46 PM
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a hot research task for anyone with Nexis access (swiftboat vs. AWOL)
Edited on Fri Aug-20-04 04:58 PM by grasswire
How many stories show up using the search terms "swift boat veterans and kerry"? How many stories show up regarding "Bush AWOL"? If we have the answer to this, we'll know if the press is going overboard on allegations against Kerry.
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Fri Aug-20-04 04:53 PM
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1. "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" 816 ; Bush and AWOL 210
in the last 60 days, according to nexis "News" search
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Fri Aug-20-04 04:56 PM
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3. And when the MoveOn ad came out against AWOL Bush how many times
did the news networks play the ad? I guess they played it about .05 percent of the times they played the Swift Boat ads.
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Fri Aug-20-04 06:19 PM
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...and I hope Media Matters or some other entity will take this up.
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Fri Aug-20-04 04:53 PM
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2. I don't have nexis, but I do have Dow Jones Factiva
It's a simliar service. Here's what I found. I looked over the past three months. "Swift Boat Veterans" AND Kerry = 1021 hits Bush AND AWOL = 245 hits It's clear which is getting the most coverage. That little search pissed me off quite a bit, but it's good to be armed with the facts.
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Fri Aug-20-04 04:57 PM
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Is it possible to run that test for six months out? That might be a better sample. I really, really appreciate this!
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Fri Aug-20-04 05:06 PM
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5. for six months it doesn't really work
because the earliest mention of the Swift Boat Liars is May 3, 2004 There are 915 mentions since then in all English news sources. and in 6 month AWOL got only 853, but the mentions go back 6 months (and more probably)
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Fri Aug-20-04 06:18 PM
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What we can discern, then, is that the swift boat story has gotten more attention in four months than the AWOL story received in more than six months.
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Fri Aug-20-04 06:28 PM
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8. Geez, I'm just so shocked
aren't you? :eyes: It's good to know it's not just our imaginations running wild. They ARE going overboard on the Kerry allegations and have flat out ignored the idiot being AWOL.
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Fri Aug-20-04 06:50 PM
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9. Can someone with access to servers and websites
put up aliases that appear in search engines to send those looking for swift boat to awol instead? I don't have server space to do it or I would.
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