Purpose: Add sources (back) into news stories via crowdsourcing and large-scale automated text-matching Most news articles give little or no indication of the source of their material. However, research shows [^1] that a vast amount of news output from top newspapers, especially online, is recycled directly from the news wires or press releases. In this project we will do 2 things:
Colophon: Originally suggested in June '09 - see http://wiki.okfn.org/p/Adding_the_Source [^1]: see Flat Earth News submitted 20 Dec '10, 10:14 rgrp ♦♦ |
Something in a similar vein that I've been playing with: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/picpkmaappojkplnfcpjjolpgkccboel?hl=en-US |
How do we get access to the primary sources?