Re:Google promoted Texas gunman fake tweets
by blacksmith_tb on Thursday November 09, 2017 @02:18PM
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But isn't the problem that Google isn't a news outlet? It's essentially showing us all the 'shit' that's floating around on the internet. Going to them expecting to get 'just the facts' is a category error.
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Re:Google promoted Texas gunman fake tweets
by awj on Thursday November 09, 2017 @03:37PM
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Except that's exactly the expectation people have of news, and Google calls what they do news. It absolutely isn't a category error on the part of consumers when Google puts themselves in the category.
Re:Google promoted Texas gunman fake tweets
by blacksmith_tb on Thursday November 09, 2017 @03:54PM
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That's fair, to a point. Obviously most of what Google does is search, but "Top Stories" is cheerfully vague. It isn't Google News proper, but I agree it's intentionally confusing.