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Google News is sometimes fake
cnnMoney.com ^
| March 15, 2006: 2:54 PM EST
| Owen Thomas
Posted on 03/15/2006 6:57:17 PM PST by Milhous
As a computer-generated news site, Google News doesn't have a sense of humor -- or much sense at all, bloggers have discovered. By posting made-up articles on I-Newswire, a free press-release posting service, pranksters have discovered an easy way to get just about anything in the news.
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fabrication; google
Caveat emptor.
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posted on
03/15/2006 6:57:17 PM PST
by
Milhous
To: Milhous
Finally someone explains how the New York Times front page is created!!
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posted on
03/15/2006 6:59:17 PM PST
by
WOSG
(http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/)
To: Milhous
"Google News is sometimes oftentimes fake" There. Fixed the title.
To: Milhous
if google wants to do some censoring they can start with I-Newswire
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:01:05 PM PST
by
lunarbicep
(Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain)
To: Milhous
Anyone know about Mary Mapes whereabouts?
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:01:22 PM PST
by
SKI NOW
To: Milhous
it is also disturbing the google news considers the fox newshounds a news source.
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:01:27 PM PST
by
isom35
To: Jim Robinson
"News is fake"Fixed it again ; )
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:01:35 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(A fool and his money are soon parted. Democrats love fools.)
To: Milhous
I rarely read Google News. But even Google News usually has numerous different sources for the same story.
It's never smart to believe one story from one source.
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:19:11 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: Milhous
...pranksters have discovered an easy way to get just about anything in the news.
And this is different from the traditional news media how?
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:27:16 PM PST
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: Milhous
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:31:10 PM PST
by
Evie Munchkin
(Democrats - Party of death and taxes)
To: Milhous
And a lot of those fake stories via I-Newswire
end up on Free Republic too.
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:34:53 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: manwiththehands
It's never smart to believe one story from one source.
Good advice. Rogers and Alito inspire me to keep an open mind even when a story appears that totally confirms my innermost suspicions. However, discerning readers of google news can easily notice the same story sometimes parroted verbatim, sometimes paraphrased with minor variations, by different players in
Old Media. IMHO pseudo anonymous wire services produce too much of our contemporary news stories.
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:08:05 PM PST
by
Milhous
(Sarcasm - the last refuge of an empty mind.)
To: FreedomCalls
And a lot of those fake stories via I-Newswire end up on Free Republic too.
Could lead to political mischief come the next election. :)
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posted on
03/15/2006 8:09:51 PM PST
by
Milhous
(Sarcasm - the last refuge of an empty mind.)
To: manwiththehands
I rarely read Google News. But even Google News usually has numerous different sources for the same story. It's never smart to believe one story from one source.Sort of, but there is a disappointing amount of duplication as they often have 500 articles on an event, and yet there are really only 498 copies of the same AP article on different newspaper sites, and a couple more original articles.
To: FreedomCalls
And a lot of those fake stories via I-Newswire end up on Free Republic too.But FR has a fine record of self correction, of finding and exposing fakes, better than most of the MSM.
To: Milhous
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:44:26 PM PST
by
lunarbicep
(Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain)
To: Milhous
This coming from a moron who obviously doesn't realize that CNN sometimes uses the same source (as do most of us in the news business)...
Obviously, he must feel comfortable and secure in his glass house...
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:46:21 PM PST
by
mhking
(Snakes -- On A Plane!)
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