More Overt Bias from Google

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[counterpunch]

Google Maps has an ‘Electoral Votes Estimates’ link under ‘Browse Popular Maps’.
When clicked, this is what you get.
 

[scooby321]

they are openly backing Obama.

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

I Heard this morning that Obama said “I could dance better than McCain” this on the ellen show...

Can anyone confirm????

[BallyBill]

They can do whatever they want, it is STILL a free country.

[Rexann]

Good Morning, My local news (radio) reported that Obama would be appearing on Ellen today and said something like...he could not dance as good as his wife Michelle but could guarantee he was lighter on his feet than John McCain!

[Right Wing Assault]

Also, notice the flattering picture of McCain they used.

[Right Wing Assault]

Yeah, and I bet he can raise his arms higher than McCain can, too.

[humblegunner]

Google isn’t allowed to have an opinion?

[StatenIsland]

Here: http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=37542

I Heard this morning that Obama said “I could dance better than McCain” this on the ellen show...

Can anyone confirm????

[Right Wing Assault]

Google isn’t allowed to have an opinion?

I didn't hear anyone saying they weren't allowed.

[normy]

No way those pictures of the candidates are from Google, is there?

[RU88]

Can't wait till election day. Hopefully we'll hear from the only people that matter: legal registered voters. These talking heads and pundits heads will explode!

All I can say is that if Google “estimates” their profits like they do electoral votes they would have been out of business a long time ago.

[Yo-Yo]

Sheesh. There is a pull down menu where you can select various polls and the map changes. If a candidate wins (like the screen shot example here) McCain grimaces and Obama smiles. If you choose a different poll where nobody is winning, both candidates have a neutral expression. I'm sure if a poll showed McCain with 270, Obama's expression would be bad.

Also, for you conspiracy nuts, CNN's poll shows up first because the polls are listed alphabetically. If you like, you can also pull down votes from past elections. Pull down 1984's election results and relive the glory Reagan landslide days.

Really, grow a thicker skin.

[Hatteras]

Can’t confirm but I know Sarah can dance better than Obama. She was awesome on SNL behind the Weekend Update desk during that eskimo rap song.

There’s a reason we’re not hearing much about the real Sarah on SNL.

[gridlock]

Google isn’t allowed to have an opinion?

Of course they are. Actually, I like it when people are up-front about things. It allows me to make an informed decision about who I give my business to.

Fortunately for Google, their indispensibility outweighs their annoyance, at least as far as I am concerned. So I still use Google Search, Google Maps and Google Earth, because they are just the best, hands down.

But when it comes to shopping bots, I always use Yahoo Shopping, because when it comes time to plunk down my money, I am not going to spend it with such an obviously Lefty outfit. Similarly, I never, never, never click on the advertised links on a Goggle search, primarily because they are almost always useless, but also because I know Google makes money off of that.

[Wonder Warthog]

Do a quick image search on Google with keywords "John McCain".

Guess which image appears first. But I'm sure that's just "accidental".

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I doubt if Obama could dance at all if he was beaten and tortured in a communist POW camp for six years like John McCain.

[fzx12345]

It appears to be developed by a third party.

http://rakf1.blogspot.com/
krisrak@gmail.com

[Redbob]

Unlike China, where Google cooperates with State Security in Identifying “dissidents,” this is a free country, so you can just go use Mapquest, or Dogpile, or any of a dozen other search or mapping engines.