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New Campaign Tactic - Google Bombing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the politics-unusual dept.

jeian writes "My Direct Democracy, a liberal group blog, is trying out a new campaign tactic — Google bombing. From the New York Times article: 'Searching Google for Peter King, the Republican congressman from Long Island, would bring up a link to a Newsday article headlined King Endorses Ethnic Profiling.' Google's policy has typically been to not intervene and let the algorithms work by themselves, but could this change if Google-bombing becomes a common tactic?"

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  1. Oh, good. They're liberal by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So it's ok what they are doing. Good thing they weren't neocon fundies. Even though they are too stupid to figure out something like this, it would not be ok for them to do it.

  2. A very neutral summary... by avalys · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wonder if the article would have been as carefully neutral if it had been a Republican group using this technique against a Democrat.

    Actually, I don't wonder. I'm fairly sure people would be frothing at the mouth and labeling the Republican a fascist, demanding his immediate resignation and calling for a law making this sort of thing illegal.

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  3. Probably not by Orig_Club_Soda · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Google's US politics are left wing extreme. They enjoy the slander and insults that go on. Additionally, it seems that lefties like to post slander and insults on their sites because every "check this out" search you hear about is lefties talk sh*t about Republicans.

  4. Re:Why the Libs? by adavies42 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Two words: liberals cheat.

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  5. Google's Policy by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Google's policy has typically been to not intervene

    Actually, I rather suspect that Google's policy is to not intervene as long as Republicans are being pilloried. Were things going substantially the other direction, this would have been fixed long before now.

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  6. From the "We hate BusHitler" crowd? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Don't hold you're breath.

    They swear that 9/11 was a Bush conspiracy and are still pining for old Uncle Joe Stalin.