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.
Occupy Democrats 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.