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    Google's New Fact-Check Feature Almost Exclusively Targets Conservative Sites


    Google's New Fact-Check Feature Almost Exclusively Targets Conservative Sites
    By Eric Lieberman Published on January 9, 2018
    https://stream.org/googles-new-fact-...rvative-sites/

    Google, the most powerful search engine in the world,
    is now displaying fact checks for conservative publications in its results.

    No prominent liberal site receives the same treatment.

    And not only is Google's fact-checking highly partisan — perhaps reflecting the sentiments of its leaders — it is also blatantly wrong, asserting sites made "claims" they demonstrably never made.

    When searching for a media outlet that leans right, like The Daily Caller (TheDC), Google gives users details on the sidebar, including what topics the site typically writes about, as well as a sidebar titled "Reviewed Claims."

    Vox, and other left-wing outlets and blogs like Gizmodo, are not given the same fact-check treatment. When searching their names, a "Topics they write about" section appears, but there are no "Reviewed Claims."

    In fact, a review of mainstream outlets, as well as other outlets associated with liberal and conservative audiences, shows that only the conservative sites feature the highly misleading, subjective analysis. Several conservative-leaning outlets like TheDC are "vetted," while equally partisan sites like Vox, ThinkProgress, Slate, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Salon, Vice and Mother Jones are spared.

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    is apparently the only popular content provider from that end of the political spectrum with a fact-checking section......



    ...Examples of such misattribution and misrepresentation are aplenty.....



    ....Overall, such inclusion embodies Google's fact-checking services, which, as many presciently feared, are biased, if not also downright libelous.

    Google acknowledged it received an inquiry from TheDCNF, but did not fully respond in time of publication.







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    lolz ...

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    Fakebook tried "fact-checking" and it backfired, users were more likely to think a story true if it were flagged as fake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    lolz ...

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    The Iranian government would have been happy with that. Their activities tend to backfire with most of the population though.

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    Google Ends Fact Check Project

    Google says it is discontinuing its fact-check feature because it proved to be too faulty for public use, directly attributing the decision to an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The company has no date set for when it will return, if ever.
    http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/19/go...ds-fact-check/

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    Fakebook tried "fact-checking" and it backfired, users were more likely to think a story true if it were flagged as fake.
    Facebook's algorithm has certainly been programmed to ensure that Conservative and Christian posts are barely seen anymore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    So not only did the fact checker target basically just conservative sites, it then added it's own inaccurate conclusion to the fact check.

    I noticed in one fact check that it said "The Daily Caller is a conservative American news and opinion website..." I bet no fact check listed any liberal site as 'liberal'. All you have are conservatives and the 'normal' news outlets. Yeah, I can see how that would be fair, a bunch of liberals doing a fact-check algorithms.

    Well at least they did suspend it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smitty View Post
    Communist and extreme Islamic regimes sensor and block Christian content so the people who live in these repressive countries can't access or receive from Christian sites on the internet. Does anyone here think that this will happen in the USA in the distant future?
    Soft censoring is going on now. Many also self-censor, the fruit of fear.

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