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Sentimentalyst percentage score grid for The Beatles
Sentimentalyst percentage score grid for Elvis
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Sentimentalyst

By MARLYN DANTES

The tool that shows you HOW and HOW MUCH every news story is reported around the world.

Sentimentalyst (“Sentiment Analyst”) is a web application that uses natural language processing to compare news coverage about specific stories. It’s a tool to encourage people who rely on the Internet for their news to broaden their media diets. Sentimentalyst analyzes 3 aspects of reportage: the headline; the underlying positive and negative emotions; and the word count—and displays the data in infographs on the website. In the end, you get a visualization of comparative news analysis on topics that interest you. There are many ways to tell a story. Should you trust just one?

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