Duck Duck Go liberal bias

11/21/2024 | Wallace T.

[Verginius Rufus]

I figure—be suspicious of any company or group that spends lots of money on TV commercials.

[circlecity]

I’ve noted before the results I get from DDG are always the exact same I get from Google.

[aquila48]

Have you tried searching Sean Duffy on Brave?

It comes up with pretty much the same sites.

[FLT-bird]

Duck Duck Go is just Google under the hood. If you want a search engine the Leftist blob does not control, try Yandex.

Do this experiment. Pick a topic that’s political. Do a google search and see what articles from what sources pop up. Now do the same with Yandex. Your jaw will drop when you see how much Google manipulates the results.

[TBP]

Use tusksearch.com or freespoke.com

[EnderWiggin1970]

Anyone have any data on search results from the Brave search engine, or from Presearch? The latter is my preferred search engine.

[SuperLuminal]

Been using DDG since the first day they came on the scene...

If I am going to search for anything that “could” be influenced by this kind of political-orientation crap, I have been using Right Dao for a few years and like it very much...

[rxh4n1]

“Duck Duck Go is Google.”

Yes. DDG announced a few years ago they were Google without the trackers.

[Haddit]

I searched your phrase
Trump’s pick for Secretary of Transportation
And had no problem
https://freespoke.com/

[arthurus]

I tried that same entry on StartPage and got similar results - 16 straight lefty sites, then a mixed ag of 8 more that were three sites I never heard of mixed with Lefty sites. I am appalled.

[Wallace T.]

I did a search using several of the suggested search engines using the terms: "conservative media on the Los Angeles fires":

Google: KQED (NPR); The Guardian; Newsweek; San Francisco Chronicle; Al Jazzera; NBC News; Rolling Stone; NPR; New York Times; NBC Los Angeles. The next ten are leftist or liberal as well. No surprise.

Brave: (All Sides): NBC Los Angeles; New York Times; Fox News; The Guardian; Reuters; Advocate; Rolling Stone; Slate; PBS News; The Guardian. Nine liberal/leftist sources to one moderate/conservative. The next ten are eight liberal or leftist to two moderate or conservative (Fox and Sky News).

Tusk: (Center): NBC Los Angeles; New York Times; Fox News; The Guardian; Advocate; Reuters; Rolling Stone; Slate; PBS; The Guardian. Just one moderate or conservative source in the "Center" search. The next ten shows eight liberal or leftist vs. two moderate to conservative.

Giburu: Advertises as a conservative search engine. Top ten results: The Guardian, Rolling Stone; New York Times; Forbes; San Francisco Chronicle; Los Angeles Daily News; USA Today; NBC News; LAist; NBC Los Angeles; Inside Climate News.

Granted that if you do a Right search on Tusk and Brave, you will get better results. However, if you use the All Sides or Center function, you get Google type results.