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Trump Accuses Google of Rigging Search Results To Favor 'Bad' News About Him (cnet.com)
President Donald Trump says Google search results for "Trump News" show only negative coverage about him. From a report: The results present "only the viewing/reporting of Fake New (sic) Media," the president tweeted early Tuesday. He said it's a "very serious situation" that "will be addressed!" "In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of ... " he wrote in the first of two tweets at 5:24 a.m. ET. Update: White House probes Google after Trump accuses it of bias.
The simplest explanation is probably the true one. Conspiracies are rarely the simplest explanation.
I like your new invisible suit.
First item I see is their web site. You're the one making up fake news.
You mean there are bits of good news out there? Besides the impending impeachment that is..
Evolution, global warming, the facts about Trump... All these aspects of reality that mainstream media is willing to embrace, conservative media largely rejects. The result of these processes is that, to the conservative eye, reality appears to have a liberal bias. Is it such a bad thing that Google reflects that reality?
This statement is probably bullshit, but it serves its purpose: His die hard fans will simply believe it and any bad news is simply propaganda against him. What is or what isn't doesn't really matter either way.
In a way, it's genius. What astonishes me, though, is that for him works what didn't for the commie leaders of old: Saying that the media in the liberal west are just spreading lies.
I refuse to believe that Russians are smarter than Americans.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
As much as I dislike 46's tactics, I figured the search results would be pretty much negative. I just searched Trump on Google and went through the first 50 hits. I would say about 60% negative and 40% just reporting something with no obvious bias.
Considering that it's a site that is used internationally, and that in general international readers think it's funny you made Donald Duck the ruler of your country...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
If the record doesn't reflect what you want, toss it out and supply your own "facts". Trump is mad that he's forced to face criticism and not allowed to make up his own facts.
And beyond all that, Google ranks pages essentially based on their popularity. If a lot of sites---especially popular sites---link to your content, then it gets ranked more highly regardless of how "good" or "true" it is. In that sense, Google's rankings simply reflect an unfavorable opinion of Trump.
This is more of the same attitude on the part of the President, and I scarcely see it as newsworthy. He's been at war with the media practically since his campaign started.
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Bias is simple, and doesn't require any conspiracy.
Just because you don't agree with something doesn't mean it is bias. Believing all news sources are biased against you is indistinguishable from believing in a conspiracy. The simple explanation here is just that Trump doesn't like news that isn't flattering to him and that there is a LOT of factual news that makes him objectively look bad. His own behavior is the simplest explanation, not bias. Some people like his behavior - many many more do not. Ergo a lot of of news isn't favorable to Trump.
Someone should really build a "conservative alternative" to Google, which only has nice things to say about him and his Republican buddies. It seems that there is now a market for such a site.
Maybe they can call it "Redsearch.com" or something like that... although that URL might be a bit too close to some other web sites that conservatives wouldn't approve of :)
Look, we aren't blind and deaf. When we see/hear stupid stuff like fox news comparing Denmark and Venezuela, or even many other completely ridiculous pretension like part of london being muslim only, and I pass many other, not even counting you have theblaze as conservative media we come to our conclusion alone why fox news is called faux news. You don't like it ? Then ask your conservative media to have a fact based reporting , rather than wishful thinking reporting.
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What astonishes me, though, is that for him works what didn't for the commie leaders of old: Saying that the media in the liberal west are just spreading lies.
It works (on some) because he's saying it to his tribe who are already predisposed to believe it is true. Trump is basically preaching to the choir. That's why his ratings have bottomed out - his supporters don't care what he says and everyone else knows he's full of shit.
I refuse to believe that Russians are smarter than Americans.
Hard to tell if electing Trump or Putin is the dumber move so you're probably right. Technically Trump lost the popular vote which makes it harder to pick a "winner".
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Well... He was elected by the majority of the electoral college... As defined in the Constitution.
Am in London, have traveled through 63 countries and 42 of US states (+DC & PR); Iâ(TM)m less afraid for my safety here than many places, and Iâ(TM)ve had more dicey situations in the US (once in a mall during shooting for instance) than almost anywhere else.
Aside from war zones, the world is in general reasonably safe. The US isnâ(TM)t as developed in that regard as those who live there and never leave would think.
This may trigger you. Hug your therapy dog in your safe space and maybe close your eyes
May 2018 Ratings: Fox News Is Most-Watched Cable News Network for 197 Straight Months
https://www.adweek.com/tvnewse...
Didn't you think it a little pathetic to crow about one day ?
Trump has improved the trends, with both a rising labor participation rate
Nope. It's been flat since two years before Trump took office.
and low unemployment numbers.
Low unemployment numbers which continue the trend started a decade ago under Obama.
But, I truly do thank you for illustrating the issue: Trump's rhetoric is at odds with reality, and his supporters would rather believe him than their own lying eyes.
This could damage their stock price. I'd sue for defamation - he is making a factual claim as the POTUS on an official communication channel.
My news feed is Google-driven and every single day includes negative Trump news right at the top in the 'Headlines' section. There is absolutely an anti-Trump slant to the major media outlets (Fox excluded). The media money is overwhelmingly producing anti-Trump material, so that's what Google indexes. However, I don't believe Google is as impartial as they claim. James Damore's saga illuminated the internals of Google politics. Google is bearing partial responsibility for Trump. This is why they started their fake news initiative.
Well, the fact is that Google only trusts big names in news, like CNN and Fox, never mind how ridiculous they may be.
As they should. They aren't analyzing the credibility of web sites, they're analyzing the credibility that the public assigns to these web sites. Giving equal weight to a random conspiracy theorist web site with 5 followers makes no sense for very good reason.
And one significant reason for this is the relentless and universal portrayal of US conservative media outlets as disreputable by the US Leftist media.
No, it's the relentless nonsensical bullshit coming from US conservative media that is US conservative media's own enemy across the rest of the world.
If even 1/10th of all the bullshit spewed by US conservative media was true, the whole European continent would be utterly bankrupt, over run by barbarians and on fire.
When I look out of my window, that's not what I see.
Hence, their bullshit isn't informative, we outside the US might as well skip it.
(Yes, I know, we're all evil depraved euro-communists over here...)
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The man sounds like Nixon. He may not actually BE paranoid, but with media making reality in TrumpWorld, the man sounds as paranoid and off the rails as Nixon (or more-so).
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Anything to pull attention back to him from McCain's passing. RIP Sen. McCain.
And yes I am "alpina white" Caucasian (as in pasty white & blond hair because the sun and me we ain't friends). Firstly there is the *perception* of feeling unsafe, and the reality. The reality is that those area (and the other one near Paris which were qualified the same way) are not "muslim" only I am the living proof (*touch self* yes still solid not a ghost). Look joke aside your friends sound like my old uncle, giving the *perception* of something but not knowing the *reality* of that thing, in other word your friend was not speaking of experience but out of the right wing perception of the fear the area attracts. Same with the perception of people having fear of muslim in general. I give up I doubt anything could convince you anyway.
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You're gonna have to keep your angry racist off-topic tirade down to 2 paragraphs max or I'm just not gonna even read it, ok?
The really worrisome part is not that Trump believes Google's search results are somehow biased against him. I can understand how he might feel this way, because of all the things that are coming to light about him, and he's probably feeling under siege from every direction. All he sees is bad news.
The problematic part is that he thinks it may be illegal for the news to be biased against him or for a company to be biased against him.
You are welcome on my lawn.
All I said is: bias is simple.
Bias is simple but Trump's behavior and dislike of unflattering news that results from it is a proven fact. Occam's razor only applies when it isn't clear what the answer is between two choices. While there are clearly a minority of news sources that are biased against (and for) Trump, many more are simply accurately relaying facts without any significant bias for or against. The fact that these facts make Trump look like an asshat is a second order effect. There is a reason his approval ratings are generally historically low - the majority of people don't approve of his actions and it should surprise no one that the news reflects that disapproval.
Trump behaves like asshat = news reports asshattery is a FAR simpler explanation than assuming widespread and universally negative bias against Trump by google and news organizations.
Actually, the PIGS, massive Middle Eastern immigration, and car fires in France and elsewhere in Europe make your point less than obvious.
Have you actually *traveled* to "France and elsewhere in Europe" ?
Oh, let me guess : Nope, you never left your house, because the media you've been watching has always been telling you that Europe is a scary communist place and too dangerous to travel to.
I'm not saying that there has never ever been a single car on fire in the whole Europe ever.
But it is extremely far from being any frequent thing to begin with, unlike what the media would like you to think.
It's not a common part of the landscape, at all. Just stop believing everything you read on extremists forums.
(Unlike strikes. Strikes seem to be some sort of national sport in France, and might be an explanation why it could be hard to travel there :-P )
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He is not thin-skinned at all. He only acts thin skinned as part of his trolling.
No, the thin skinned is real. It's the intelligence that is fake. He seems like someone of marginal intelligence when in reality he's even dumber. Similarly his hair is real but his height is not; he wears 3" elevator shoes so he can claim to be 6'3" when in reality he is less than 6' even.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Google search results make him sound like a moron.
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The media isn't Trump's enemy, they're his enabler. He'll tweet something inflammatory, and they get to fill their pages and airtime with cheap and obvious reaction. Trump on the other hand thrives on the attention; that's why he does it.
Take the hiring and firing of Omarosa -- a woman who's whole schtick is creating shitstorms for her coworkers. It's not like they didn't know that about her when they brought in into the White House. So what can you conclude from that? That bullshit drama is what they wanted her for.
Trump doesn't see negative public publicity as bad; in fact he courts it. And the press goes along because unlike serious news it's a cost effective way to collect eyeballs.
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Yeah, so what? You can't draw any conclusions from anything without first estimating the base rate.
Not a bad baseline for comparison—not if you compare Google in the 2010s with AT&T from the 1920s.
History of AT&T
Of course, you'll normalize your baseline for the 90-year difference taking into account the relative ability of people to visit Washington, and the pace at which the world now runs. You'll of course factor in the Snowden revelations of 2013 on Obama's rush for close contact with two central players in the larger drama—including technical staff to answer pointed questions about technical capabilities and postures. You'll also have read Michael Hayden's view of the momentous issues going on the behind the scenes between the intelligence community and the behemoths of modern social media (not as if they were actively reshaping the world, or anything like that; not as if they were principle driving engines of the lethargic post-Bush American recovery).
Playing to the Edge, by Michael V. Hayden — 6 March 2016
You'll take into account that Obama was one of the few technology-savvy president of living memory:
OSTP Initiatives
Obama was an innovation junkie. Will Trump follow in his footsteps? — 16 November 2016
(Continue reading, the article soon partially supports your side of this.)
You'll also take into account that pretty much the entirety of the net neutrality debate transpired during Obama's term. (I can't recommend Tim Wu's books highly enough.)
And after considering all these base-rate factors, you'll decide whether you need to pile yet another agenda on top of this (subtype: nefarious) to explain the Obama White House visitor log.
But only if you really give a shit about the coefficient of narrative baloney.
site:slashdot.org "net neutrality"
9,520 results
site:slashdot.org "Snowden"
8,340 results
site:slashdot.org "NSA"
7,070 results
site:slashdot.org "Google"
50,900 results
site:slashdot.org "Facebook"
61,700 results
I suppose you still think a regular stream of lobbyists and geeks (counted in public view) and generals and policy wonks (not counted in public view) into Obama's White House was situation irregular during his eight-year tenure?
Here's another seismic view of the Obama presidency:
Global Apple iPhone sales from 3rd quarter 2007 to 3rd quarter 2018
Odd that such a busy man would be paying more than normal attention to this sleepy industry.
You may have missed it when the other leading candidate for POTUS joked and laughed maniacally about the gruesome death of Libya's leader after the US and its allies bombed and destabilized the country. This was even after providing jihadists weapons and support for the purpose of destabilizing and conducting war in another country called Syria.
Now we have the usual suspects in the media that goaded the public into supporting a war with Iraq under false pretenses, (remember that one?) now also wanting to stir up shit with Russia for the sake of saving face for their own preferred political tribe. Somehow exposing the corruption and the financial hegemony that led to the choice of last election is of less actual concern than when Trump misspells words on Twitter posts.
It isn't Trump that I'm worried about. It's the collusion of the media corporations, internet platforms and payment processors to control what we see and hear and who gets to have a voice on the internet that concerns me. Because if anything will lead us to despotism and tyranny and endless war it's that.
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
-- John Burroughs