# nemild/hack-the-media

This repo collects examples of intentional and unintentional hacks of media sources

Repository: https://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hack-the-media
Homepage: https://www.nemil.com/musings/hack-an-engineer.html
License Family: other
Topics: social-media, social-network, hacker-news, software-engineering, media, journalism
Last push: 2025-09-30T23:53:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 44, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3145, "days_push": 337, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1296, forks 62 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:16.553845+00:00)

## What it is
A curated media literacy guide collecting examples of intentional and unintentional manipulation of media sources, including tech and financial media sub-guides. It is a documentation-style resource rather than software, aimed at helping readers recognize biases in news and social media.

## Use cases
- learn how media distorts our view of the world
- find examples of media manipulation and bias
- teach media literacy to students
- understand how social media algorithms shape perception
- reduce exposure to clickbait and misinformation
- study how tech industry news coverage is biased

## When to choose
- you want a curated reading guide on media bias and manipulation
- you are teaching or learning media literacy
- you want vivid real-world examples of how news and social media mislead

## When to avoid
- you need software tooling to analyze or filter media
- you want a neutral, non-opinionated dataset without editorial recommendations
- you need a citable academic source rather than an opinionated guide

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: media, education, social-media, tutorials
- platform: -
- tags: media-literacy, media-manipulation, guide, journalism, misinformation, web-server

## Member repositories
- nemild/hack-the-media (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.553845+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:53:58.158952+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nemild/hack-the-media (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.553845+00:00, sha 88d4e7d42798)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.