President Trump accuses Google search results are "rigged" against him and other conservatives
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
VietPress USA (Aug. 28, 2018): On Aug. 16, 2018, the Boston Globe organized the National Free Press that joined by more than 300 publications across the country
in the effort to express to the American people and the world that “JOURNALISTS ARE NOT THE ENEMY” as President Trump indicated.
The Globe’s piece, published under the titled “JOURNALISTS ARE NOT THE ENEMY,” said replacing “a free media with a state-run media” is the “first order of business for any corrupt regime taking over a country.” “Today in the United States we have a president who has created a mantra that members of the media who do not blatantly support the policies of the current U.S. administration are the ‘enemy of the people,’” the editorial board wrote. “This is one of the many lies that have been thrown out by this president much like an old-time charlatan threw out ‘magic’ dust or water on a hopeful crowd.” The Globe’s editorial board wrote that press freedom is “under serious threat. And it sends an alarming signal to despots from Ankara to Moscow, Beijing to Baghdad, that journalists can be treated as a domestic enemy.”
President Donald Trump has a complicated relationship with the media. Outside of Fox News, the president seems to believe that most, if not all, news organizations are biased against him and his administration. On Tuesday, though, Trump set his sights on Google (GOOG, GOOGL).
After getting the hard backfire from more than 300 publications and media outlets throughout the United States, today in an early-morning tweet, President claimed that Google News only shows news from the “National Left-Wing Media;” suggested that doing so might be illegal; alleged that “Google and others” are “suppressing voices of Conservatives;” and asserted that the situation “will be addressed.”
Google official denies wat President Trump criticized. Please read this report fromYahoo News at:
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President Donald Trump attacked Google in Tuesday morning tweets that accused the company of prioritizing "fake news" in its search results, which the company denies.
The results are “rigged” against him and other conservatives, he wrote on Twitter.
Trump also alleged that 96 percent “of results on 'Trump News' are from National Left-Wing Media” but he did not identify a source or any evidence. He appeared to be referring to a story published over the weekend by conservative media company PJ Media that reported “96 Percent of Google Search Results for 'Trump' News Are from Liberal Media Outlets.”
Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. 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...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2018
....results on “Trump News” are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2018
“Google search results for 'Trump News' shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media," he said. "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 results on “Trump News” are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous.
“Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed," he added.
A Google spokesperson pushed back on the president's allegations, however, saying its search engine algorithm doesn't include any consideration of politics.
"When users type queries into the Google Search bar, our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds," the spokesperson said in a statement. "Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results toward any political ideology.
"We continually work to improve Google Search and we never rank search results to manipulate political sentiment," the spokesperson added.
A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment expanding on what the president meant by saying the situation "will be addressed."
The president’s tweets come as more tech companies, including Google and Facebook, make investments to limit the spread of misinformation online.
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said in March it planned to invest $300 million over the next three years to combat false content on its platforms, including Google Search and YouTube.
“We’re focused on combating misinformation during breaking news situations. Bad actors often target breaking news on Google platforms, increasing the likelihood that people are exposed to inaccurate content,” Richard Gringas, vice president of news products, said in reference to Google Search. “So we’ve trained our systems to recognize these events and adjust our signals toward more authoritative content.
“While we take great care to present the most authoritative information, there are many cases where users can and will find information that’s not authoritative.”
The company is trying to find other ways to help people understand that “not all the results they see are indeed authoritative or accurate,” he added.
Trump's attack on Google is just his latest foray into championing recent grievances issued by conservative media figures who have accused tech companies of unfairly targeting conservative voices.
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