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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. Re:Do people care about themselves? Yes, they do. by PickyH3D · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Following the monopoly on water note:
    I guess if there was someone out there with the monopoly on water identical to Microsoft's monopoly on OS', then there would be other brands continuing to make headlines?

    Linux water. Mac water BSD water.

    I guess since they made the first big release of a good OS (at the time) that wasn't limited to an expensive Mac should be made illegal. Also, since no one has made anything that BEATS Windows, that should be illegal too.

    "Linux is so much better than Windows!" Then why am I day in and day out using Windows over Linux, which I use at work from time to time (more so using HP Unix boxes though)? Because I am a sheep? Maybe so, or maybe it is because Linux does not offer me anything that Windows doesn't, and it's never as easy to get too. Also, my Linux machine has crashed twice and my Windows XP machine has crashed once. Apps have crashed a lot on both.