All the president’s words. Really.
Alongside Chicago Crime, this is one of the most impressive pieces of data journalism I’ve seen.
The NY Times has created a database where you can search for any word in any of Bush’s State of the Union addresses. The interactive feature will show you, visually, where in the speech he mentions each word, and then you can click on the word to see the sentence it was in. Oh, and it will it visually compare the number of times the word was used with other common words.
Here it is:
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this is the most amazing thing i have ever seen. i could play with this for hours.
Emily Vaughan
January 24, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I think this:
http://www.pluggd.com/state-of-the-union
is more useful.
Bret
January 24, 2007 at 9:51 pm
I’m either not patient enough or not smart enough to figure this thing out.
Paul Schrodt
January 25, 2007 at 12:27 am
Ok I figured it out. I’m shocked he hasn’t said “Bin Laden” more.
Paul Schrodt
January 25, 2007 at 12:29 am
i’m not. why draw attention to the fact that he hasn’t found the guy behind the attack which triggered all of Bush’s other foreign policy?
Spencer Kornhaber
January 25, 2007 at 1:37 am