Day: November 9, 2004

On October 28th, the New York Times published a weblog story which the following statement:
“A recent posting on DailyKos, a liberal Web site visited by more than 500,000 people daily, according to blog rankings posted on a site called The Truth Laid Bear…”
I pointed out to the Times’ editor, Bill Borders, that this inaccurately described the data I present in the Traffic Rankings, which does not show that 500,000 individual people visit Daily Kos each day, but rather, shows that he gets that many visits (possibly by a smaller group of people visiting many times during the day).
After much debate, the Times agreed to publish a correction, which finally ran today:
An article on Oct. 28 about Internet sites that criticize mainstream news coverage of political campaigns referred imprecisely to the use of a liberal Web site, DailyKos, as tracked by another site, The Truth Laid Bear. DailyKos receives about 500,000 visits each day, a figure that may include multiple visits by some users. The site is not necessarily viewed by 500,000 visitors a day.
Thanks to the Times for being willing to correct the error, albeit a bit slowly — and to Glenn, Jeff, and Bill, whose support was both gratifying and extremely helpful.

This morning’s top headlines from the Daily News:
How Bush Won the Election – 19 links
by Kevin Drum
HOW BUSH WON THE ELECTION….So what really made the difference in this election? Most of the attention has been on “moral values” and terrorism, and I was curious to see what the exit poll results showed. So I decided to…
LEECHES AND ANTI-RELIGIOUS SCREECHES – 15 links
by malkin
So, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd writes that America is heading back to the Dark Ages, as the Bush Administration rushes to replace science with religion: W.’s presidency rushes backward, stifling possibilities, stirring intolerance, confusing ch
It begins…. – 13 links
by Dan
The reason the dollar has managed to stay as strong as it has – despite the combination of large trade deficits and low interest rates – is that Asian central banks have been buying up greenbacks. The big question that…
Jesusland Flavored Kool-Aid – 12 links
by Michele
I do believe the Democrats have just switched one brand of Kool-Aid for another. Their new drink is Jesusland flavored and they are swallowing it by the gallon. If you read them correctly – and I’m not just talking about…
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