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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:Another example of MS being out of touch... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    hahaha... you're going to block access to a major news site for 20,000 users because of your personal software politics? you're more than a bit out of touch with reality. this is why boards exist, to temper the whims of individual nutcases who happen to have a bit of control.

    and furthermore, no, they won't care. microsoft wouldn't give 1/1000 of a shit about you or your [imaginary?] corporation.