Rand Paul in the media

[Austin]

After Matt Collins raised concerns that Rand would get the shaft in terms of media mentions, I decided to track all of the news stories on the US Senate race in Kentucky and create data tables from those stories. I made a quick Google Spreadsheet. It has a few basic elements:


Article / Video URL
Date of Article / Video
Is Rand Mentioned?

It then calculates the total number of articles and the percentage of articles that Rand is mentioned in. Matt and I have Google Alerts set up so we will be immediately notified of a news story or blog post about the race. We both have the capability to update the spreadsheet and will be doing so very frequently. I encourage everyone to comment on the news stories, especially those that do not mention Rand.


Rand Paul in the Media: A Quick Analysis (http://bit.ly/FC9vh)

Mod Note: Please sticky this thread and/or remove the [Please Sticky] from the title.

[Austin]

Note to Mod:

Go ahead and make this a normal thread. I think the sticky status is actually hurting more than helping. Also, could you change the thread title to "List of articles Rand is NOT mentioned in"

[JoshLowry]

Unstuck. We could have made the most eye opening documentary ever if someone would have recorded all the ways that Ron Paul was wronged in 08.

Good luck!

[Michigan11]

This last article with no mention of Rand... has a few good comments:cool:

http://elendil.schenkenfelder.com/blojsom/blog/elendil/2009/07/30/The-Battle-For-U-S-Senate-Begins

[Austin]

Unstuck. We could have made the most eye opening documentary ever if someone would have recorded all the ways that Ron Paul was wronged in 08.

Good luck!

Thanks Josh. Could you change the thread title, if it's not too much trouble?

[FSP-Rebel]

This last article with no mention of Rand... has a few good comments:cool:

http://elendil.schenkenfelder.com/blojsom/blog/elendil/2009/07/30/The-Battle-For-U-S-Senate-Begins
Yeah, I'm the 2nd one.:cool: