Inside “Below the Fold”: The Data Dashboard Proving the New York Times’ Biggest Biases
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, For decades, critics of the New York Times have relied on gut feelings and anecdotal evidence to claim the “Gray Lady” is out of touch with Middle America. Now, there’s a spreadsheet for that.
A groundbreaking new interactive dashboard titled “Below the Fold” has opened a digital window into 25 years of Times coverage, turning prose into hard percentages. The results? They provide empirical proof of the geographical and topical obsessions that shape the world’s most influential newsroom.
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