Quote:Is Google manipulating its algorithm to prioritize left-leaning news outlets in their coverage of President Trump? It sure looks that way based on recent search results for news on the president.

Conservatives and Trump supporters have for the last several years questioned whether Google was deprioritizing conservative news sites, hiding them from users who utilize their search engine. Google has maintained that all outlets are treated fairly, but nevertheless, conservative sites have reported reduced search traffic and, in the case of Google-owned YouTube, content creators have been banned and demonetized. Google's high-profile firing of conservative James Damore, purportedly over his conservative political views, only reinforces the idea that Google is picking winners and losers.

To test the premise, I performed a Google search for "Trump" using the search engine's "News" tab and analyzed the results using Sharyl Attkisson's media bias chart.

I expected to see some skewing of the results based on my extensive experience with Google, but I was not prepared for the blatant prioritization of left-leaning and anti-Trump media outlets. Looking at the first page of search results, I discovered that CNN was the big winner, scoring two of the first ten results. Other left-leaning sites that appeared on the first page were CBS, The Atlantic, CNBC, The New Yorker, Politico, Reuters, and USA Today (the last two outlets on this list could arguably be considered more centrist than the others).

Not a single right-leaning site appeared on the first page of search results.

(08-28-2018 11:29 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I did his search this morning and the first story I got was a Fox News story about his moronic tweet.

(08-28-2018 11:28 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  And the idiot apple falls near the tree.

Quote:Brian Ross out at ABC News months after botched report on Donald Trump, Russia tanked stock market

(08-28-2018 11:31 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:29 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I did his search this morning and the first story I got was a Fox News story about his moronic tweet.

Oh, well that settles it then.

(08-28-2018 11:39 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:31 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:29 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I did his search this morning and the first story I got was a Fox News story about his moronic tweet.

Oh, well that settles it then.

No, the orange idiot's tweet and pj media settle it.

(08-28-2018 11:33 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:28 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  And the idiot apple falls near the tree.

He's right.

Quote:Brian Ross out at ABC News months after botched report on Donald Trump, Russia tanked stock market

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/02/brian-ross-out-at-abc-news-months-after-botched-report-donald-trump-russia-tanked-stock-market.html

(08-28-2018 11:41 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:39 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:31 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:29 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I did his search this morning and the first story I got was a Fox News story about his moronic tweet.

Oh, well that settles it then.

No, the orange idiot's tweet and pj media settle it.

It's sad that you think this is a winning argument.

I'll tell you what, keep an eye on it and you let us know when the search results under Trump news are 96% positive or from conservative sources.

(08-28-2018 11:47 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:33 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:28 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  And the idiot apple falls near the tree.

He's right.

Quote:Brian Ross out at ABC News months after botched report on Donald Trump, Russia tanked stock market

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/02/brian-ross-out-at-abc-news-months-after-botched-report-donald-trump-russia-tanked-stock-market.html

And the market never ever rebounded.

(08-28-2018 11:47 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:33 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:28 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  And the idiot apple falls near the tree.

He's right.

Quote:Brian Ross out at ABC News months after botched report on Donald Trump, Russia tanked stock market

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/02/brian-ross-out-at-abc-news-months-after-botched-report-donald-trump-russia-tanked-stock-market.html

And the market never ever rebounded.

(08-28-2018 11:49 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:47 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:33 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:28 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  And the idiot apple falls near the tree.

He's right.

Quote:Brian Ross out at ABC News months after botched report on Donald Trump, Russia tanked stock market

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/02/brian-ross-out-at-abc-news-months-after-botched-report-donald-trump-russia-tanked-stock-market.html

And the market never ever rebounded.

Do you know how the market works? That plummet was people losing money.

People lost money off the back of fake TDS news. Fact.

(08-28-2018 11:50 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:47 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:33 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:28 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  And the idiot apple falls near the tree.

He's right.

Quote:Brian Ross out at ABC News months after botched report on Donald Trump, Russia tanked stock market

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/07/02/brian-ross-out-at-abc-news-months-after-botched-report-donald-trump-russia-tanked-stock-market.html

And the market never ever rebounded.

People lost money due to his criminally negligent reporting. You struggled
to understand how an insurance deductible works, so I'm not going to even try to hand hold you thru how various parts of the markets work.

(08-28-2018 11:48 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:41 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:39 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:31 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-28-2018 11:29 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  I did his search this morning and the first story I got was a Fox News story about his moronic tweet.

Oh, well that settles it then.

No, the orange idiot's tweet and pj media settle it.

It's sad that you think this is a winning argument.

I'll tell you what, keep an eye on it and you let us know when the search results under Trump news are 96% positive or from conservative sources.

Gonna be hard when most don't approve of what he does and that he keeps on shooting himself in the foot with things as simple as lowering the WH flag as they always do to honor a fallen senator.