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This speech titled 2008.09.21.interview_with_scott_pelley_of_cbs_news_60_minutes originally had 3791 tokens. In its cue-lag representation, it has 118 cue terms and an average lag of 29.0. You can see the original speech or the tokenized/stemmed speech with overlaying cue-lags.

Cue-lag representation

The table below shows the cue-lag representation of the speech. For each cue term, it also displays the posterior distributions over ideology.

# Cue term Lag before term Posterior distribution
Restart ∑Left Center ∑Right
1 unit_state 8
✓
0.0237 0 0.976
✗
0 0 0
2 american_peopl 29
✓
0.0169 0 0.0963
✗
0.0169 0 0.87
3 tough_time 4
✓
0.00657 0 0.0205
✗
0.033 0 0.94
4 great_depress 5
✓
0.00159 0 0.717
✗
0.0103 0 0.271
5 wall_street 58
✓
0.000199 0 0.0673
✗
0.000796 0 0.932
6 social_contract 27
✓
0.000199 0 0.0127
✗
0 0 0.987
7 adam_smith 2
✓
0.000199 0 0.00259
✗
0.000398 0 0.997
8 special_interest 32
✓
0.00119 0 0.0179
✗
0 0 0.981
9 home_foreclosur 24
✓
0.000597 0 0.00955
✗
0.00119 0 0.989
10 wall_street 46
✓
0.000199 0 0.0229
✗
0.000199 0 0.977
11 financi_institut 58
✓
0 0 0.0237
✗
0 0 0.976
12 wall_street 90
✓
0 0 0.0326
✗
0 0 0.967
13 american_taxpay 18
✓
0 0 0.00677
✗
0 0 0.993
14 wall_street 10
✓
0 0 0.00318
✗
0 0 0.997
15 ponzi_scheme 21
✓
0.000796 0 0.00935
✗
0 0 0.99
16 monei_back 19
✓
0.000398 0 0.0151
✗
0.000398 0 0.984
17 averag_citizen 8
✓
0.000199 0 0.0117
✗
0 0 0.988
18 life_save 25
✓
0 0 0.00816
✗
0 0 0.992
19 exchang_commiss 20
✓
0.000995 0 0.00816
✗
0 0 0.991
20 feder_govern 3
✓
0.0151 0 0.00358
✗
0.00199 0 0.979
21 presid_clinton 117
✓
0.0133 0 0.942
✗
0.00119 0 0.0434
22 good_job 8
✓
0.0332 0 0.0191
✗
0.0143 0 0.933
23 great_deal 14
✓
0.000199 0 0.0903
✗
0.0125 0 0.897
24 bush_administr 36
✓
0.0629 0 0.137
✗
0.0103 0 0.79
25 special_interest 50
✓
0.363 0 0.0939
✗
0.0685 0 0.475
26 american_peopl 9
✓
0.138 0 0.0217
✗
0.425 0 0.415
27 senat_obama 18
✓
0.313 0 0.00557
✗
0.553 0 0.128
28 tax_cut 10
✓
0.143 0 0
✗
0.857 0 0.000199
29 senat_obama 11
✓
0.0151 0 0
✗
0.985 0 0
30 obama_plan 0
✓
0.00119 0 0
✗
0.999 0 0
31 cut_tax 2
✓
0.00219 0 0
✗
0.998 0 0
32 middl_class 6
✓
0.00896 0 0
✗
0.991 0 0
33 rais_tax 5
✓
0.00697 0 0
✗
0.993 0 0
34 tax_increas 23
✓
0.0283 0 0
✗
0.972 0 0
35 feder_program 5
✓
0.00677 0 0
✗
0.993 0 0
36 senat_obama 21
✓
0.0227 0 0.000398
✗
0.977 0 0
37 cut_tax 2
✓
0.00279 0 0
✗
0.997 0 0
38 feder_deficit 11
✓
0.0131 0 0
✗
0.986 0.000796 0
39 __MONEY___billion 11
✓
0.0163 0 0
✗
0.984 0 0
40 feder_govern 3
✓
0.00378 0 0
✗
0.996 0 0
41 cut_tax 9
✓
0.0111 0 0
✗
0.989 0 0
42 worst_thing 24
✓
0.0293 0 0
✗
0.971 0 0
43 rais_tax 5
✓
0.00537 0 0
✗
0.995 0 0
44 senat_obama 14
✓
0.0159 0 0.00756
✗
0.977 0 0
45 great_societi 68
✓
0.0884 0 0.0125
✗
0.896 0 0.00358
46 defens_spend 93
✓
0.105 0 0.0227
✗
0.866 0.000199 0.00557
47 defens_budget 33
✓
0.0263 0 0.357
✗
0.587 0.00299 0.0273
48 obama_campaign 39
✓
0.0195 0 0.282
✗
0.369 0.00239 0.328
49 senat_obama 33
✓
0.00836 0 0.265
✗
0.162 0 0.564
50 oval_offic 20
✓
0.000199 0.000199 0.192
✗
0.00975 0.00557 0.793
51 __NUM___minut 52
✓
0 0 0.125
✗
0.000995 0.000796 0.874
52 america_economi 28
✓
0 0 0.199
✗
0 0.000398 0.801
53 white_hous 47
✓
0 0 0.177
✗
0 0 0.823
54 polit_offic 7
✓
0 0 0.0241
✗
0 0 0.976
55 white_hous 4
✓
0 0 0.00756
✗
0 0 0.992
56 republican_nation_committe 4
✓
0 0 0.00438
✗
0 0 0.996
57 white_hous 8
✓
0 0 0.0151
✗
0 0 0.985
58 polit_offic 21
✓
0 0 0.0386
✗
0 0 0.961
59 west_wing 3
✓
0.000199 0 0.116
✗
0 0 0.884
60 karl_rove 5
✓
0 0 0.146
✗
0 0 0.854
61 bush_administr 3
✓
0 0 0.0129
✗
0 0 0.987
62 white_hous 10
✓
0 0 0.0302
✗
0 0 0.97
63 american_peopl 11
✓
0.0778 0 0.0239
✗
0.000199 0 0.898
64 nation_economi 20
✓
0.349 0 0.0239
✗
0.077 0 0.55
65 senat_obama 3
✓
0.0211 0 0.00498
✗
0.424 0 0.55
66 obama_call 0
✓
0.00338 0 0.00179
✗
0.445 0 0.55
67 presid_bush 2
✓
0.00119 0 0.0782
✗
0.372 0 0.549
68 9/11_commiss 31
✓
0 0 0.419
✗
0.00378 0.000398 0.577
69 larg_number 4
✓
0 0 0.0241
✗
0.000398 0.000199 0.975
70 white_hous 15
✓
0.000199 0 0.0388
✗
0 0 0.961
71 senat_obama 5
✓
0.119 0 0.0135
✗
0.00179 0 0.866
72 increas_spend 49
✓
0.88 0 0.000199
✗
0.118 0 0.00179
73 rais_tax 5
✓
0.00537 0 0.000995
✗
0.992 0 0.00199
74 unit_state 12
✓
0.000597 0 0.984
✗
0.00736 0 0.00776
75 state_senat 0
✓
0 0 0.00975
✗
0.00139 0 0.989
76 vote_record 5
✓
0 0 0.0139
✗
0 0 0.986
77 conserv_principl 10
✓
0 0 0.0237
✗
0 0 0.976
78 unit_state 1
✓
0 0 0.00378
✗
0 0 0.996
79 state_senat 0
✓
0 0 0.00259
✗
0 0 0.997
80 mccain_campaign 26
✓
0 0 0.0519
✗
0 0 0.948
81 __NUM___minut 1
✓
0 0 0.00597
✗
0 0 0.994
82 american_peopl 19
✓
0.00239 0 0.043
✗
0 0 0.955
83 polit_pundit 102
✓
0 0 0.215
✗
0 0 0.785
84 senat_obama 6
✓
0.00159 0 0.0147
✗
0 0 0.984
85 __NUM___minut 69
✓
0.000199 0 0.151
✗
0 0 0.848
86 sarah_palin 112
✓
0.00139 0 0.224
✗
0 0 0.775
87 foreign_affair 46
✓
0.302 0 0.0625
✗
0.00199 0 0.633
88 import_thing 23
✓
0.0177 0 0.034
✗
0.295 0 0.654
89 foreign_affair 5
✓
0.00537 0 0.00637
✗
0.31 0 0.678
90 cut_tax 34
✓
0.398 0 0.0201
✗
0.301 0.000199 0.281
91 unit_state 102
✓
0.00537 0 0.721
✗
0.0342 0 0.24
92 senat_obama 24
✓
0.00299 0 0.077
✗
0.0193 0 0.901
93 run_mate 1
✓
0.000199 0 0.00537
✗
0.0207 0 0.974
94 __NUM___interview 4
✓
0.00836 0 0.0115
✗
0.0209 0 0.959
95 american_peopl 84
✓
0.0209 0 0.204
✗
0.0129 0 0.762
96 world_commun 184
✓
0.0314 0.00219 0.381
✗
0.00776 0.000199 0.578
97 god_bless 89
✓
0 0 0.281
✗
0 0 0.719
98 unit_state 35
✓
0.000199 0 0.0732
✗
0 0 0.927
99 preemptiv_war 17
✓
0 0 0.0396
✗
0 0 0.96
100 unit_state 11
✓
0.000199 0 0.0243
✗
0 0 0.976
101 nuclear_weapon 20
✓
0.000199 0 0.047
✗
0 0 0.953
102 american_peopl 21
✓
0.00199 0 0.131
✗
0 0 0.867
103 life_stori 43
✓
0 0 0.153
✗
0 0 0.847
104 __NUM___minut 1
✓
0 0 0.00438
✗
0 0 0.996
105 john_mccain 14
✓
0 0 0.0342
✗
0 0 0.966
106 young_man 12
✓
0 0 0.0249
✗
0 0 0.975
107 __NUM___minut 11
✓
0 0 0.033
✗
0 0 0.967
108 religi_faith 18
✓
0 0 0.041
✗
0 0 0.959
109 john_mccain 9
✓
0 0 0.0219
✗
0 0 0.978
110 difficult_time 50
✓
0.00139 0 0.101
✗
0 0 0.898
111 __NUM___minut 229
✓
0.000597 0 0.419
✗
0 0 0.58
112 san_diego 136
✓
0.0141 0.000199 0.271
✗
0.000398 0 0.714
113 half_year 53
✓
0.000398 0 0.15
✗
0.000398 0 0.849
✗
0 0 0.912
115 import_part 124
✓
0.000398 0 0.239
✗
0 0 0.761
116 __NUM___year 21
✓
0 0 0.0531
✗
0.000199 0 0.947
117 plane_crash 59
✓
0.00398 0 0.134
✗
0 0 0.862
118 singl_dai 26
✓
0 0 0.0786
✗
0.000597 0 0.921
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