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Posted on 11/27/2004 8:57:11 PM PST by SteveH

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To: SteveH; PhilDragoo; Ragtime Cowgirl; Cindy; SusanTK; AdmSmith; Valin; ALOHA RONNIE; MeekOneGOP; ...

IMPORTANT PING ALERT

ALERT: Do you think we have a hard time fighting against the left-wing bias of the liberal mainstream media?

Well you're right -- but it's worse than you thought.

Now, it turns out the people running the big search engines are liberally biased, too -- and they're CENSORING conservative search ad results!

Specifically, we're talking about the biggest search engine: GOOGLE. Everyone uses Google. It's even a verb now -- "I'll Google that to find out."

But it's also an advertising vehicle -- you can pay Google money, and they'll put your short ad on the right-hand side of the page of search results, based on what people are searching for.

Well, we saw that if you typed in "Tom DeLay", all of the ads were ANTI-DeLay ads. So, we took the time and spent the money so that our PRO-DeLay ad would show up too -- first.

But then we wanted to also put up an ad that exposed the hypocrisy of the Democrats -- basically, showing how the Democrats are going after Congressman DeLay for things that they've done MUCH WORSE in. So, we copied one of the ads posted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee almost WORD FOR WORD, but changed "Tom DeLay" (the GOP leader) to "Nancy Pelosi" (the Democrat leader, who violated ethics rules much worse than what DeLay is accused of).

That's all we did -- we took the LIBERAL ad, and changed the words to make it a CONSERVATIVE ad.

And Google CENSORED our ad.
They pulled the ad, and the reason they gave was, "Google policy does not permit ad text that advocates against an individual, group or organization."

But the LIBERAL ad is still up. Click Here to take a look at the liberal ad; then look at our ad (and Google's rejection) by clicking here.

OUTRIGHT DISCRIMINATION! So now we need YOUR help to expose this blatant anti-conservative bias at the largest search engine on the planet!

TAKE ACTION: We're launching a major media blitz TODAY, with press releases to every media outlet in the country, plus broadcast interviews and an expose' on our weekly radio show this week. We're also placing this Action Alert across a network of major news websites, and dozens of blogs are already picking up this story. Google may think they have a "right" to apply their rules differently to different people -- but WE have a right to SPEAK UP when we see them exhibiting BLATANT liberal bias!

We need YOUR help. We've set up our site so that you can send messages to YOUR local media -- newspapers, television, radio, etc. -- DEMANDING that they report on the LIBERAL BIAS of the largest search engine in the world.

You can only send to five local media sources at a time on our system, but feel free to use our pre-written form repeatedly to FORCE the media to DO THEIR JOBS and report on this bias. Click here NOW to send your messages (we recommend you re-write the letter in your own words, to have a better chance of getting it published):

Right March

NOTE: For those who want to take more direct action, here are some contacts at Google:

Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043
phone: 650-253-0000
fax: 650-253-0001

Questions on "Ad Approvals" -

Corporate PR
David Krane
650-623-4096
david@google.com

Corporate PR
Steve Langdon
650-623-4950
slangdon@google.com

Advertising PR
Michael Mayzel
650-623-4565
mmayzel@google.com

Technology PR
Nathan Tyler
650-623-4311
nate@google.com

Consumer PR
Eileen Rodriguez
650-623-4235
eileen@google.com

We don't have to sit idly by anymore when we see this kind of anti-conservative, pro-liberal bias ANYWHERE. Be sure to send this Alert to EVERYONE you know who wants to help DEMAND that the mainstream media report on Google's ideological discrimination. Thank you!

Sincerely,
William Greene, President
RightMarch.com



21 posted on 05/03/2005 11:44:24 AM PDT by Smartass (Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: Smartass

Here is another article:

GOOGLE's Anti-Conservative Agenda
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395994/posts


22 posted on 05/03/2005 12:24:08 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Smartass

Thanks for the ping!


23 posted on 05/03/2005 2:18:07 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Smartass
as great as their application is and as good as their innovative developers are, they do lean heavily toward the socialist (aka, dnc) party. I saw their contributions, once, and I was aghast.
24 posted on 05/03/2005 2:23:07 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (never surrender, this is for the kids)
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To: FreeAtlanta
Being and ex Californian, I'm not a bit surprised. I believe the core Google CEO's are Stanford grads. The article was emailed to me via Rightmarch.org. Anyway, I thought it would informative and newsworthy enough to send a PING to FReepers that want to protestt!
25 posted on 05/03/2005 2:49:16 PM PDT by Smartass (Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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To: bannie; MEG33

My college student daughter is required to send her papers to turnitin.com. They do a plagiarism check. Saves the professor a lot of work!


26 posted on 05/03/2005 9:52:15 PM PDT by ntnychik
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