Posted on 05/03/2005 11:33:07 AM PDT by Bob J
This CONSERVATIVE ALERT is a special message for Bob Johnson from RightMarch.com: 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):
http://www.rightmarch.com/050305.htm
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" - http://snipurl.com/ela9
Media Contacts: Google Media Hotline 650-930-3555 or press@google.com
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
This issue was on Brit Hume on Fox today.
ahh; 'quality'. . .but will they 'know it'; when they see it. . .
That can only mean that Hillary's lying is genetic. . .it is also deliberate, self-serving; constant which is to say; Hillary is a self-serving, sociopathic liar. . .
Er..you do realize that asking for a "Conservative" search engine is, in itself, BIASED, right?
I guess I am.......I'll rephrase the question:
"Are there any search engines that are not liberal-biased?"
Bump.
You can edit the entires at Wikipedia yourself. So it reflects the biases of whoever takes the time to edit it.
FYI
Saw it...good for Brit.
And here I thought all the stupid boycotts were only for Christmas!!
You know, it is funny that I would FreeRepublic through a Google search of CNN sucks, isn't it?
I second that boycott!
Space Battleships and their weaponry
I'll keep it like this for a couple of days, but I'll change it to get a better quality ad. The thing is, boycotting Google is not an option for me, it's a major traffic generator to my site and their hippy-crap affects my business.
I'm dumping my Google toolbar and will go with DogPile.com now. Thanks.
Google has logged only liberal sites as it applies to a search - and it has for years.
At the present time there is a "Neighborhood Group" who are associated with Google: www.orkut.com - which has anti-American, pro Islamist fundamentalist militants posting in a "friends" cover.
Google refuses to acknowledge and one has to join as an invitee of an accepted member.
This information can be found on the website: http://www.ProudToBeCanadian.ca
It has been reported to both Google who will do nothing and the FBI.
Another Liberal nest is AOL opening page which posts only anti-Republican, anti-Bush, anti-Conservative, pro-Liberal messages on its "news".
That's ok, I use www.profusion.com for my search engine! I find that I get much better & faster results than google.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Good God, it is a great short now. I thought it was around 120 or so. I will make more shorting this POS than I did shorting Crispy Creme!! Thanks!!
I don't think the original article was very well researched.
It would have been better to show a pattern than an isolated event.
Also, they used a California democrat and a Texas Republican. Since Google is California the person reviewing may have recognized the local name but not the other.
Or an individual Google employee could be biased.
or two different employees reviewed the ads and one was slack or lazy or made a mistake.
Or maybe Google IS biased but this article doesn't show that.
Certainly not enough to justify a boycot, in my opinion... but it would be interesting to do a more systematic test.
It you did it well and compared various search engines, you could probably generate a great deal of publicity.
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