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Twice in the last week, major headlines on the main News.Google.Com page link directly to New York Times editorial and opinion pieces.

http://news.google.com

What an elite strategy! Try to make people believe your left-wing viewpoints are NEWS!
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SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
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Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Are you twelve years old?
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He's not, I've met him.

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Er, do you even understand what the purpose of a site like Google or Yahoo news is? Neither of them have their own reporters on staff, they are sites that collect news pieces from various news wires and newspapers and other places.

Go look at the page that you linked, there is at least one link - the only link on the whole page that I clicked on - that links to an op/ed piece praising Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) plan for reforming the intelligence committee.

I suppose you're suggesting Google News becomes a bit more "fair and balanced" by removing their elite strategy of linking to left-wing viewpoints altogether?
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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Are you twelve years old?
No, I can just make fun of stupid comments by insulting your shitty political beliefs you racist shitbag. Shit.
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Stragi wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Are you twelve years old?
No, I can just make fun of stupid comments by insulting your shitty political beliefs you racist shitbag. Shit.
Right. So your twelve. Got it.
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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Are you twelve years old?
No, I can just make fun of stupid comments by insulting your shitty political beliefs you racist shitbag. Shit.
Right. So your twelve. Got it.
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Sylvus wrote:Er, do you even understand what the purpose of a site like Google or Yahoo news is? Neither of them have their own reporters on staff, they are sites that collect news pieces from various news wires and newspapers and other places.

Go look at the page that you linked, there is at least one link - the only link on the whole page that I clicked on - that links to an op/ed piece praising Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) plan for reforming the intelligence committee.

I suppose you're suggesting Google News becomes a bit more "fair and balanced" by removing their elite strategy of linking to left-wing viewpoints altogether?
1.) The site's main page is called "Google News"... not "Google Opinion"... not "Google Politics"... not "Google Op-Ed". The layout of the page suggests news headlines. It's about NEWS; but guess what? Opinion is NOT NEWS.

2.) How hard would it be to filter op-ed pages and put them in their own section? I'm not suggesting they don't link to those pages, I am suggesting they shouldn't be presented as NEWS.

I'm sorry this is such a difficult concept to grasp.
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Metanis wrote:Twice in the last week, major headlines on the main News.Google.Com page link directly to New York Times editorial and opinion pieces.

http://news.google.com

What an elite strategy! Try to make people believe your left-wing viewpoints are NEWS!

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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:Right. So your twelve. Got it.
Your 12 what?
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Google has link to al jazeera... that must mean they are terrorist sympathizers... how unamerican and unpatriotic.
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Here's another example of media stupidity...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... nm/iraq_dc

The headline is "Iraq Forces Advance on Najaf Shrine, Battle Rages"

But then read the entire article. Where is the raging battle? Is it the 50 Iraqis and the SINGLE American soldier?

Later there is reference to "with fighting raging". But then we read that section is about tanks moving around and there was some bombing by US warplanes.

So 51 troops getting shot at and some action by an AC-130 becomes breathless reporting that the battle is raging?

What a crock of hyperbole.
The advance was carried out by 50 Iraqi servicemen and came after U.S. helicopters fired missiles and strafed militants dug in at a cemetery near the mosque, where most of the fighters have holed up during the three-week uprising in the city.

A U.S. soldier guided the men in. They were shot at by Mehdi militiamen and returned fire.

"We are in the last hours. This evening, Iraqi forces will reach the doors of the shrine and control it and appeal to the Mehdi Army to throw down their weapons," Defense Minister Hazim al-Shalaan said at a U.S. army base outside Najaf.

"If they do not, we will wipe them out."

With fighting raging, U.S. tanks reinforced positions along the southern flank of the mosque. Black smoke rose from the area and automatic gunfire crackled after an overnight bombardment from U.S. warplanes and artillery.
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WHAT THE FUCK
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Metanis wrote:1.) The site's main page is called "Google News"... not "Google Opinion"... not "Google Politics"... not "Google Op-Ed". The layout of the page suggests news headlines. It's about NEWS; but guess what? Opinion is NOT NEWS.
99.9% of every newspaper and television news program runs Op/Ed pieces and are still referred to as news.

You're just fucking with me, right? You aren't really suggesting that it can't be called "Google News" because it has links to some opinion pieces?
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Hahahaha that reminds me when the war first started. I was listening to NPR and this guy was breathlessly talking about how the US was taking "heavy casualties" some place. Eventually he was asked how many that it was and he said "I believe it's in the double digits now." Nice heavy casualties.

And Stragi...if you're not even going to post a fucking opinion related to the topic then you have no right to call Midnyte out on his. Shut the fuck up.
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Sylvus wrote:99.9% of every newspaper and television news program runs Op/Ed pieces and are still referred to as news.
No, for most reputable news outlets the Op/Ed pieces are not listed as news, they are clearly differentiated and listed as opinion or commentary.

Even Yahoo News, which is also a news aggregator, has no problems categorizing the OpEd stuff separately from the news.
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Brotha wrote:
And Stragi...if you're not even going to post a fucking opinion related to the topic then you have no right to call Midnyte out on his. Shut the fuck up.

I did post an opinion related to the topic you fucking moron--It didn't even involve Midnyte. SHUT THE FUCK UP GG.
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Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Yeah, that sounds relevant to the topic.......to a twelve year old.
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Not really that much worse than "Fuck muslims!"
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I believe the correct quote is "Fuck the Muslims"...but I could be wrong

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Metanis wrote:
Sylvus wrote:99.9% of every newspaper and television news program runs Op/Ed pieces and are still referred to as news.
No, for most reputable news outlets the Op/Ed pieces are not listed as news, they are clearly differentiated and listed as opinion or commentary.

Even Yahoo News, which is also a news aggregator, has no problems categorizing the OpEd stuff separately from the news.
Well it could be because it's in BETA, hence why it says News BETA down there.

Also with your proclamaition that Google News is slanted is amusing, since you have just accused a computer algorithm of having a left-wing viewpoint! Fuck your computer is liberal, burn it now! (that would be a blessing)

Because you're obviously too stupid to read the word BETA right on their main page, I thought I'd cut and paste for you their approach to news. If you notice a problem with their product, try reporting it instead of just whining up a shitstorm.
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Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,500 news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page. Google has developed an automated grouping process for Google News that pulls together related headlines and photos from thousands of sources worldwide -- enabling you to see how different news organizations are reporting the same story. You pick the item that interests you, then go directly to the site which published the account you wish to read.

Google News is highly unusual in that it offers a news service compiled solely by computer algorithms without human intervention. While the sources of the news vary in perspective and editorial approach, their selection for inclusion is done without regard to political viewpoint or ideology. While this may lead to some occasionally unusual and contradictory groupings, it is exactly this variety that makes Google News a valuable source of information on the important issues of the day.

You can trace the history of a developing issue by clicking the "sort by date" function on the page containing all reports on a given topic. This will arrange the stories in chronological order, with the most recent report placed first.

As we continue to improve Google News, we'll be adding more news sources and fine-tuning our algorithms. Your opinions and feedback can help us with this process. What news sources would you like to see added? What advanced search features would be helpful?
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Kelshara wrote:Not really that much worse than "Fuck muslims!"
Actually I gave an explanation to that statement.
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I saw a news article on Yahoo's front page which contained positive information about Dick Cheney. Damn conservative rat bastard news sources. They should rename it to Yahoo REPUBLICANCOCKSUCKING instead of news.
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I thought I might add something and not edit my post cuz I want more VV's!!!


http://news.google.com/intl/en_us/about ... _news.html

You can enjoy the FAQ that also states:
Who edits the Google News homepage? One of the headlines is totally out of whack.

The headlines that appear on Google news are selected entirely by computer algorithms, based on how and where the stories appear elsewhere on the web. There are no human editors at Google selecting or grouping the headlines and no individual decides which stories get top placement. This occasionally results in some articles appearing to be out of context.
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I just did a search, and I wasn't happy with the results. Who should feel my wrath?

We're always interested in hearing from our users, especially the ones who have not found what they were expecting. During this beta period, we're particularly interested in your feedback on what's working and what's not.
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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Yeah, that sounds relevant to the topic.......to a twelve year old.
I'm sorry if the intended jab was about 13 miles over your head. It's annoying anytime one of you neocon faggots immediately discredits a source of news because it disagrees with your viewpoints as if fox news were the only credible source of information on the planet.
OMG MOVEON.ORG OMG BAIS LOL YA RITE ITS ALL LIES LOL OMG THEY DONT SUPPORT THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY THEY R TRATORS TO THE CAUSE LOL OMG GOOGLE ISNT A REAL NEWS SORUCE NBUT THEY LINED TO NEWYORK TIMES LOL BIAS THEY R NTO FAIR AN BSALANCED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE LOLGJ

That pretty much sums up your, and your fellow Bush supporting goons', response to anything coming from anywhere that is not religious right Bill O'faggot bullshit.


Edit: I changed republican to Bush supporting, because I think republicans are just dandy. I only have a real problem with Bush and his followers.
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Metanis wrote:
Sylvus wrote:Er, do you even understand what the purpose of a site like Google or Yahoo news is? Neither of them have their own reporters on staff, they are sites that collect news pieces from various news wires and newspapers and other places.

Go look at the page that you linked, there is at least one link - the only link on the whole page that I clicked on - that links to an op/ed piece praising Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) plan for reforming the intelligence committee.

I suppose you're suggesting Google News becomes a bit more "fair and balanced" by removing their elite strategy of linking to left-wing viewpoints altogether?
1.) The site's main page is called "Google News"... not "Google Opinion"... not "Google Politics"... not "Google Op-Ed". The layout of the page suggests news headlines. It's about NEWS; but guess what? Opinion is NOT NEWS.

2.) How hard would it be to filter op-ed pages and put them in their own section? I'm not suggesting they don't link to those pages, I am suggesting they shouldn't be presented as NEWS.

I'm sorry this is such a difficult concept to grasp.
Sure Googles biased. But then again Fox "News" say they produce News and i dont see you bitchin

I think this was posted here before...but go to google and type in "miserable failure" or "weapons of mass destruction" and hit the "im feeling lucky" option!
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Stragi wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Yeah, that sounds relevant to the topic.......to a twelve year old.
I'm sorry if the intended jab was about 13 miles over your head. It's annoying anytime one of you neocon faggots immediately discredits a source of news because it disagrees with your viewpoints as if fox news were the only credible source of information on the planet.
OMG MOVEON.ORG OMG BAIS LOL YA RITE ITS ALL LIES LOL OMG THEY DONT SUPPORT THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY THEY R TRATORS TO THE CAUSE LOL OMG GOOGLE ISNT A REAL NEWS SORUCE NBUT THEY LINED TO NEWYORK TIMES LOL BIAS THEY R NTO FAIR AN BSALANCED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE LOLGJ

That pretty much sums up your, and your fellow Bush supporting goons', response to anything coming from anywhere that is not religious right Bill O'faggot bullshit.


Edit: I changed republican to Bush supporting, because I think republicans are just dandy. I only have a real problem with Bush and his followers.
LOL You're twelve year old ramblings aren't over anyone's head. There just pathetic, hate filled, name calling, narrow-minded twelve year old ramblings. But, to many of the immature dorks who frequent this board YOUARESOCOOL!!! :roll:
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Shouldn't that read: Your so cool?
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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Yeah, that sounds relevant to the topic.......to a twelve year old.
I'm sorry if the intended jab was about 13 miles over your head. It's annoying anytime one of you neocon faggots immediately discredits a source of news because it disagrees with your viewpoints as if fox news were the only credible source of information on the planet.
OMG MOVEON.ORG OMG BAIS LOL YA RITE ITS ALL LIES LOL OMG THEY DONT SUPPORT THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY THEY R TRATORS TO THE CAUSE LOL OMG GOOGLE ISNT A REAL NEWS SORUCE NBUT THEY LINED TO NEWYORK TIMES LOL BIAS THEY R NTO FAIR AN BSALANCED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE LOLGJ

That pretty much sums up your, and your fellow Bush supporting goons', response to anything coming from anywhere that is not religious right Bill O'faggot bullshit.


Edit: I changed republican to Bush supporting, because I think republicans are just dandy. I only have a real problem with Bush and his followers.
LOL You're twelve year old ramblings aren't over anyone's head. There just pathetic, hate filled, name calling, narrow-minded twelve year old ramblings. But, to many of the immature dorks who frequent this board YOUARESOCOOL!!! :roll:
oh, you mean like your 'fuck the muslim' comments?
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There just pathetic, hate filled, name calling, narrow-minded twelve year old ramblings.
Right down your alley then, eh?
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Kguku wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Yeah, that sounds relevant to the topic.......to a twelve year old.
I'm sorry if the intended jab was about 13 miles over your head. It's annoying anytime one of you neocon faggots immediately discredits a source of news because it disagrees with your viewpoints as if fox news were the only credible source of information on the planet.
OMG MOVEON.ORG OMG BAIS LOL YA RITE ITS ALL LIES LOL OMG THEY DONT SUPPORT THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY THEY R TRATORS TO THE CAUSE LOL OMG GOOGLE ISNT A REAL NEWS SORUCE NBUT THEY LINED TO NEWYORK TIMES LOL BIAS THEY R NTO FAIR AN BSALANCED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE LOLGJ

That pretty much sums up your, and your fellow Bush supporting goons', response to anything coming from anywhere that is not religious right Bill O'faggot bullshit.


Edit: I changed republican to Bush supporting, because I think republicans are just dandy. I only have a real problem with Bush and his followers.
LOL You're twelve year old ramblings aren't over anyone's head. There just pathetic, hate filled, name calling, narrow-minded twelve year old ramblings. But, to many of the immature dorks who frequent this board YOUARESOCOOL!!! :roll:
oh, you mean like your 'fuck the muslim' comments?
Yes. In retrospect, it was an immature and narrow minded comment to make.
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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:Yes. In retrospect, it was an immature and narrow minded comment to make.
You're not allowed introspection or to attempt to improve yourself. You're a racist and aren't allowed to change. :roll:
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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:
Stragi wrote:SUP DWED REDY 2 GO KILL SOME GAYS N ARABS?
Yeah, that sounds relevant to the topic.......to a twelve year old.
I'm sorry if the intended jab was about 13 miles over your head. It's annoying anytime one of you neocon faggots immediately discredits a source of news because it disagrees with your viewpoints as if fox news were the only credible source of information on the planet.
OMG MOVEON.ORG OMG BAIS LOL YA RITE ITS ALL LIES LOL OMG THEY DONT SUPPORT THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY THEY R TRATORS TO THE CAUSE LOL OMG GOOGLE ISNT A REAL NEWS SORUCE NBUT THEY LINED TO NEWYORK TIMES LOL BIAS THEY R NTO FAIR AN BSALANCED EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE LOLGJ

That pretty much sums up your, and your fellow Bush supporting goons', response to anything coming from anywhere that is not religious right Bill O'faggot bullshit.


Edit: I changed republican to Bush supporting, because I think republicans are just dandy. I only have a real problem with Bush and his followers.
LOL You're twelve year old ramblings aren't over anyone's head. There just pathetic, hate filled, name calling, narrow-minded twelve year old ramblings. But, to many of the immature dorks who frequent this board YOUARESOCOOL!!! :roll:

LOL Good comeback, did Bush write it for you? Because it totally ignored the issue.
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Kguku wrote:Well it could be because it's in BETA, hence why it says News BETA down there.

Also with your proclamaition that Google News is slanted is amusing, since you have just accused a computer algorithm of having a left-wing viewpoint! Fuck your computer is liberal, burn it now! (that would be a blessing)

Because you're obviously too stupid to read the word BETA right on their main page, I thought I'd cut and paste for you their approach to news. If you notice a problem with their product, try reporting it instead of just whining up a shitstorm.
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A Novel Approach to News

Google News presents information culled from approximately 4,500 news sources worldwide and automatically arranged to present the most relevant news first. Topics are updated continuously throughout the day, so you will see new stories each time you check the page. Google has developed an automated grouping process for Google News that pulls together related headlines and photos from thousands of sources worldwide -- enabling you to see how different news organizations are reporting the same story. You pick the item that interests you, then go directly to the site which published the account you wish to read.

Google News is highly unusual in that it offers a news service compiled solely by computer algorithms without human intervention. While the sources of the news vary in perspective and editorial approach, their selection for inclusion is done without regard to political viewpoint or ideology. While this may lead to some occasionally unusual and contradictory groupings, it is exactly this variety that makes Google News a valuable source of information on the important issues of the day.

You can trace the history of a developing issue by clicking the "sort by date" function on the page containing all reports on a given topic. This will arrange the stories in chronological order, with the most recent report placed first.

As we continue to improve Google News, we'll be adding more news sources and fine-tuning our algorithms. Your opinions and feedback can help us with this process. What news sources would you like to see added? What advanced search features would be helpful?
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google's news script and database is clearly liberal. in fact their whole search engine is liberal. any webside without US flag animated gif's and world trade center memorials are obviously not run by proud toby keith listening americans.
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Holy shit, did you say twice in the last week?
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http://www.foxnews.com

This is news, I swear.
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Anuin wrote:http://www.foxnews.com

This is news, I swear.
And the Opinion and Commentary sections are clearly delineated and they are not presented on the main page as news headlines.

Arguing the selections are computer generated doesn't carry water since the source pages on the NYT are marked quite well as Editorial.

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Metanis wrote:Arguing the selections are computer generated doesn't carry water since the source pages on the NYT are marked quite well as Editorial.

If you folks don't see the issue I've got some ocean-front property for sale in New Mexico.
I don't see the issue, nor do I want your New Mexico property. Google automatically scrapes the links and groups them by topic and presents them all on one page. When you read the article, you can see that they are marked quite well as editorial. Why are you whining about it so much?

If it bothers you that badly, don't go to google news anymore. I'd never been there before you posted the link to it, and I'm getting along just fine. The bottom line is that Google never claimed they were fair and balanced. In fact, the only place that does claim that they are fair and balanced is decidedly not.
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Sylvus wrote:Why are you whining about it so much?
1.) It's what I do best.

2.) Representing opinions as "news" is reprehensible. I would feel the same way if the links connected to a conservative commentary.

3.) I've accomplished something if only to alert a few dozen people on this board.

4.) Why the New York Times? Why not other newspaper editorial sections?
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