If you’re a big Google user, you might want to take note of this:
BREAKING: Google CAUGHT, New Feature ATTACKS Only Conservative Sites
cc @seanmdav @benshapirohttps://t.co/q5KAa3q2sI— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 9, 2018
Our latest, Google caught red handed. Visit https://t.co/Tebb9yAcNH for more pic.twitter.com/A0NO3nUpUY
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 9, 2018
An important story from the Daily Caller: Google's new fact-check tool appears to target conservative websites, and… well, basically no one else https://t.co/LWUky26GRk
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 9, 2018
More from the Daily Caller:
Google, the most powerful search engine in the world, is now displaying fact checks for conservative publications in its results.
No prominent liberal site receives the same treatment.…
When searching for a media outlet that leans right, like The Daily Caller (TheDC), Google gives users details on the sidebar, including what topics the site typically writes about, as well as a section titled “Reviewed Claims.”
Vox, and other left-wing outlets and blogs like Gizmodo, are not given the same fact-check treatment. When searching their names, a “Topics they write about” section appears, but there are no “Reviewed Claims.” In fact, a review of mainstream outlets, as well as other outlets associated with liberal and conservative audiences, shows that only conservative sites feature the highly misleading, subjective analysis. Several conservative-leaning outlets like TheDC are “vetted,” while equally partisan sites like Vox, ThinkProgress, Slate, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Salon, Vice and Mother Jones are spared.
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If you think this sounds super-sketchy … you’re exactly right.
After playing around myself, here are the websites I found that trigger Google's fact-check feature. Almost universally conservative websites, but also white supremacists… and Upworthy. pic.twitter.com/4KQAHmxda9
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 9, 2018
fwiw I googled first three liberal sites I thought should be included (Occupy Democrats, Addicting Info and Right wing watch) and 2 of 3 were included. Addicting Info was not. Whole system is still dumb and they should probably removed it.
— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) January 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/950853381198934019
I know the liberal reaction will be "hurr durr, those sites do need fact-checking." Let's allow for that. These are the sites that DON'T trigger any sort of fact-check, and I promise you they absolutely should pic.twitter.com/Pktf8wdJ0n
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 9, 2018
Something definitely smells rotten. And it gets worse:
Worse, as the Caller story accurately points out, the Google fact-checks will often say the sites "claimed" things they simply never claimed. pic.twitter.com/5Ls9ZKo1rL
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/950852283998375937
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/950852410502762497
While the sites being given the “reviewed claims” treatment aren’t exclusively conservative sites, it’s pretty clear that Google has an overwhelmingly anti-conservative bias.
This is fully insane. https://t.co/NRyy4BdUq8
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 9, 2018
Is Lois Lerner working at Google now?
— Lisa B. (@politeracy) January 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/PolyfoamPontiff/status/950787129080246272
And of course they also use left-leaning Politifact as an arbiter of “truth” in this slanted, Orwellian racket. I’m a Google user, but I’m beginning to wonder if the company wants the business of anyone who remotely thinks like me. https://t.co/pIJVQyFKRT
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 9, 2018
It really doesn’t seem like they do, does it?
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