Author Archives: Nancy Watzman

About Nancy Watzman

Nancy Watzman is Managing Editor, Television Archive.

Face-O-Matic data show Trump dominates – Fox focuses on Pelosi; MSNBC features McConnell

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

For every ten minutes that TV cable news shows featured President Donald Trump’s face on the screen this past summer, the four congressional leaders’ visages were presented  for one minute, according an analysis of Face-O-Matic downloadable, free data fueled by … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Trump eclipses sun (at least on TV news)

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening and what we’re seeing at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. In this week’s round up, we ask whether the eclipse eclipsed politicians on … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Charlottesville edition

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening and what we’re seeing at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. It was an extraordinary week on TV news. Cable news hosts and guests are known … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: North Korea plus Vox on Fox

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening and what we’re seeing at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. This week we look at how different cable networks explained newly inflamed U.S.-North Korea tensions. … Continue reading →

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McConnell, Schumer, Ryan, Pelosi fact-checked clips featured in new TV News Archive collections

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

Today the Internet Archive’s TV News Archive unveils growing TV news collections focused on congressional leadership and top Trump administration officials, expanding our experimental Trump Archive to other newsworthy government officials. Together, all of the collections include links to more … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: McCain returns to vote, Spicer departs

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening and what we’re seeing at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman. Additional research by Robin Chin. Last week, Sean Spicer left his White House post and Anthony Scaramucci, the new communications … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: adventures with Face-O-Matic

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

A weekly round up on what’s happening at the TV News Archive by Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman This week we bring you adventures with Face-O-Matic; fact-checks on President Donald Trump’s legislative record and on health care reform; and we follow … Continue reading →

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Internet Archive TV News Lab: Introducing Face-O-Matic, experimental Slack alert system tracking Trump & congressional leaders on TV news

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

Working with Matroid, a California-based start up specializing in identifying people and objects in images and video, the Internet Archive’s TV News Archive today releases Face-O-Matic, an experimental public service that alerts users via a Slack app whenever the faces … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Donald Trump Jr makes “email” popular on TV again

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

This week the term “email” took on a new meaning in the annals of political controversy, President Donald Trump traveled to Poland, and the Senate continued to struggle with health care reform. Email back on TV following Trump Jr.’s release … Continue reading →

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TV News Record: Focus on North Korea

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Nancy Watzman

By Katie Dahl and Nancy Watzman Following the U.S. government’s confirmation that North Korea had successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, we focus on statements by public officials and pundits on the nuclear threat from the Korean Peninsula, including some … Continue reading →

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