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Is Google News Evil?

Is Google News Evil? 02/25/2003 10:14 AM

Is Google News Evil? I hadn't realized how volatile Google News was until just this morning. I clicked onto it and opened an article in a new browser window. My normal excessively windowed reading habit, I'll admit. Then I happened to refresh the original Google News window and *Poof* after just a minute or two. Gone. Now don't get me wrong, I completely understand why it works like that but it did make me aware to the degree that Google News is starting to shape my thinking just by granting me access to a wider range of content than previously. Here's content that it just filtered out of my view in real time. Overall I do think Google News is good but this example really showed me how it could be applied in an evil fashion. How do we know that the presentation algorithms won't get perverted? Of course this is the question that has always existed with any type of news gathering organization -- they all bring bias to the table.




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