Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were at it again — their second debate was at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. CNN has the transcript of the debate; I took who said what and, using Wordle, created word clouds. The clouds represent the 150 most frequently used words; the larger the words, the more [...]

I’m behind on posts. I will soon have September’s numbers for newspapers that use Twitters — data collected, mostly crunched, just needs some finishing touches. I’m also a little behind on updating layoffs and buyouts. (My bid to get newspapers to stop laying off people is not working.) But in the meantime, just in time [...]

Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin debated at Washington University on Thursday night. CNN has the transcript of the debate. From the transcript, I separated what Biden said vs. what Palin said and, using Wordle, created word clouds. The clouds represent the 150 most frequently used words; the larger the word, [...]

Can vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin not think of a newspaper or magazine that she reads? Does she only read them online? I’m not sure, and Palin isn’t saying. Palin does have a journalism degree from the University of Idaho, though, and did work as a sports reporter for KTUU in Anchorage. Palin and Joe [...]

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain debated at the University of Mississippi on Friday night. CNN has the transcript of the debate. From the transcript, I separated what Obama said vs. what McCain said and, using Wordle, created word clouds. The clouds represent the 150 most frequently used words; the larger the [...]