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MS admits Newsbot Biased Towards MSNBC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-of-course-it-would-be dept.

JasdonLe writes "According to this article at the Washington Post, Microsoft's recently unleashed news aggregator site, Newsbot will choose to display MSNBC articles over other articles on the same topic. "As Newsbot resides on MSNBC and is branded as such, MSNBC is considered a first among equals, meaning that if they and another top-tier source offer the same story, information, etc., MSNBC will be listed first, followed by other sources," says Elizabeth Herrera Smith, Microsoft spokeswoman."

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  1. Hmm... by gid13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Think MSNBC (and Newsbot) will carry THIS story? :)

  2. Euphamism of the Week by Airconditioning · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...first among equals.

  3. Hey, Taco!! Come ON!! Give Me A Break!! by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the problem? Don't like it? Then start your own friggin' news aggregator site!

    Oh, wait...

    never mind...

    1. Re:Hey, Taco!! Come ON!! Give Me A Break!! by b374 · · Score: 2, Funny
      What's the problem? Don't like it? Then start your own friggin' news aggregator site!
      in fact the editors from /. have the same policy... just think about duplicate stories.
  4. In other news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news:

    Pope is Catholic

    Bear Shits in Woods

  5. In Other News... by reallocate · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Slashdot discovers businesses prefer to sell their own products, not their competitors.

    --
    -- Slashdot: When Public Access TV Says "No"
  6. Paraphrase Animal Farm by Aggrav8d · · Score: 2, Funny

    All newsbots are created equal... but some are more equal than others.

  7. This is classic by interJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    An article about biased news sources, posted on Slashdot.