Tag Archives: mass media

Mika Brzezinski: Yes, Everyone at CBS News Was Liberal… Except One.

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says that during her 10 years at CBS News, she knew of one George W. Bush supporter.

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Vertical Media vs. Prediction Markets vs. Mass Media

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Let’s rank institutions according to who has dealt first with the swine flu: Vertical media and local media — starting Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Mass media, news aggregators, and user-created prediction markets (a la HubDub) — starting Friday, April 24, … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Prediction Journalism | Tagged Google News Timeline, HubDub, InTrade, local media, mass media, prediction markets, swine flu, velocity, vertical media | 7 Comments

Accuracy and Efficiency of Prediction Markets

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

To sum up things… And in other words: The relative accuracy of the prediction markets = epsilon and (quite) controversial. The relative efficiency of the prediction markets versus the mass media (not the vertical media) = big (in complicated situations), … Continue reading →

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The truth about prediction markets

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Come to the wonderful world of collective intelligence, wisdom of crowds, and prediction markets!… The sun shines bright, the market-generated predictions are vastly superior to the polls as election predictors, and the track record of the public prediction markets stretches … Continue reading →

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Prediction markets compute facts and expertise quicker that the mass media do.

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Political prediction markets react (with a small delay) to political polls —just like the political experts and the mass media do, too. Hence, in order to discover their true social utility, the prediction markets (which are tools of intelligence) should … Continue reading →

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InTrade + The Financial Times — XXXXXXXXX + XXXXXXXX

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

As I told you one month ago, an American mass media will open its own play-money prediction exchange, next summer or fall. –> It will have a much bigger impact for the prediction market industry, in my judgment, because this … Continue reading →

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