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Did Google News tamper with AP headline about Sarah Palin book tour?
Google News ^ | November 18, 2009 | Associated Press

Posted on 11/18/2009 9:17:37 PM PST by Zeppo

Sorry if this is considered to be a "duplicate post", but this is outrageous enough to have its own thread.

The AP article at myway.com is titled "Thousands cheer Palin in Mich. for book tour".

Essentially the same AP article is hosted at google news with the headline "Hundreds cheer Palin in Mich. for book tour".

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1 posted on 11/18/2009 9:17:38 PM PST by Zeppo
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To: Zeppo

Was the headline changed at the source? Most of these things are generated by automatic feeds, no person actually programs them in, they appear on Google and their news threads based on what is fed to them and link popularity. IF this article was never posted as ‘hundreds’ then it may be interesting to check, however, if it was first posted as hundreds when it hit the wire, the modified by editors to ‘thousands’ (just like you can change a blog post), there isn’t anything here.. Needs more research before knee jerking..


2 posted on 11/18/2009 9:23:29 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Zeppo

I think things have changed. I think it is blatently obvious the MSM have a bone to pick with Palin and go out of their way to try to taint and smear her. But this go round... the media will lose their battle because they are no longer trusted.The gig is up. People don’t watch or read their garbage.


3 posted on 11/18/2009 9:24:54 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: Zeppo
"de omnibus dubitandum" doubt everything!



"de omnibus dubitandum" doubt everything

4 posted on 11/18/2009 9:25:00 PM PST by B-Cause (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Zeppo

Google were huge contributors to Obama’s campaign. Not a surprise they would mess around with the headline. Over 10,000 came to see Sarah actually


5 posted on 11/18/2009 9:26:31 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Zeppo

Believe it or not there is more than one headline editor in the world of journalism.


6 posted on 11/18/2009 9:26:34 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: B-Cause

When is someone going to sue GOOGLE? They have a virtual monopoly on the internet and are using that monopoly of information in a deceptive way. Same goes for the MSM>

Deceptive trade practices?


7 posted on 11/18/2009 9:27:51 PM PST by neverbluffer (But,)
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To: Zeppo

Good catch.


8 posted on 11/18/2009 9:29:21 PM PST by MaxMax (Obamao can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
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To: mnehring

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PALIN_BOOK_TOUR?SITE=TXBEA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT


9 posted on 11/18/2009 9:29:30 PM PST by stormer
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To: mnehring

It could be, but I haven’t located sources other than google for the ‘hundreds’ title...


10 posted on 11/18/2009 9:32:04 PM PST by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: Zeppo

See post #9, at least one source posted it as “hundreds”..


11 posted on 11/18/2009 9:34:14 PM PST by mnehring
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To: stormer

Thanks.. fight the battles where it is important, don’t see conspiracy where there is none..


12 posted on 11/18/2009 9:34:59 PM PST by mnehring
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To: A.A. Cunningham
Of course there are... I've seen different titles slapped onto the same AP boilerplate article many times in the past.

This one is particularly interesting, though, both because the 'hundreds' title clearly conflicts with the copy in the article that states, "A line of more than a thousand people...", but also because of the not-so-subtle smear campaign that "journalists" have been waging in the press since Palin was announced as McCain's running mate.

13 posted on 11/18/2009 9:37:08 PM PST by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: Zeppo

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091119/D9C28MC00.html
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091119/D9C2AMC80.html


14 posted on 11/18/2009 9:38:35 PM PST by vroomvroom
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To: mnehring

I guess that my “google-fu” needs a tune-up...


15 posted on 11/18/2009 9:38:55 PM PST by Zeppo (Save the cheerleader, save the world...)
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To: Zeppo

The MSM can try to downplay Palin’s popularity, but crowds of thousands are composed of individuals, each of whom is moved by Palin’s message and her charisma. No doubt everyone who loves Palin also despises the MSM, so their propaganda will be more likely to have an inverse effect on their opinion.


16 posted on 11/18/2009 9:39:27 PM PST by giotto
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To: Zeppo

No surprise. Google Sarah Palin last fall, 28 plus million hits,two months ago 16.5 million, tonight it is 7.5 million.


17 posted on 11/18/2009 9:39:33 PM PST by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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To: Zeppo

BUMP for excellence in freeping.


18 posted on 11/18/2009 9:39:54 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: neverbluffer

“When is someone going to sue GOOGLE? They have a virtual monopoly on the internet and are using that monopoly of information in a deceptive way.”

There are still better than a dozen search engines on the net. Unfortunately Google does what they do very well and their name is no different than Xerox’s was for photo copying or Polaroid’s was for instant photography.

It’s next to impossible to overcome a technology/function that is synonymous for your brand name until something comes along and makes Google obsolete.

Trust me, it can happen. Go back and watch science fiction movies from the 60’s-80’s when you see companies like the Bell System, Eastern Airlines, Pan Am and numerous others projected to exist in a futuristic sense after the year 2000.

Something will come along and unseat Google. The initial founders are billionares several times over but when they stop making millionares of new employees is when talent flees for start ups. Then something else will beat them.

However you are correct. They are in a near monopoly on search and they have the ability to filter searches in truly disturbing ways that would make the MSM green with envy.


19 posted on 11/18/2009 9:46:39 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: Zeppo

Just as I don’t go to MSNBC for my News, I don’t go to Google for my web brousing. BING.com is ny choice


20 posted on 11/18/2009 9:47:52 PM PST by NavyCanDo
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