a hot research task for anyone with Nexis access (swiftboat vs. AWOL)

[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.

[librechik]

1. "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" 816 ; Bush and AWOL 210

in the last 60 days,

according to nexis "News" search

[blm]

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.

[grasswire]

7. excellent point...

...and I hope Media Matters or some other entity will take this up.

[Politicub]

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.

[grasswire]

4. well, there ya go!

Is it possible to run that test for six months out? That might be a better sample.

I really, really appreciate this!

[librechik]

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)

[grasswire]

6. it works

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.

[in_cog_ni_to]

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.

[Cookie wookie]

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.