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
Apparently all of you post without reading the article.
Bump.
I sue Yahoo = I use Yahoo
I guess you were brilliant enough to figure that out.
You would think a competitor like Yahoo would jump all over this.
"Are you only getting 1/2 of the world? Do you feel someone is keeping secrets from you?
Google censors their search results, we let you see the whole world..."
Lexis-Nexis, but it'll cost ya.
It is plauged by leftist poop.
How does that work? Does whether the holocaust or moon landing actually happened depend on what day you look it up and who got in the last update?
Well .. we don't know what's going on behind the scenes now do we ..?
I think Yahoo is pretty savey - so competition being what it is .. I'm hoping Yahoo will surprise us and open up that race to be first - and start including conservatives - WHO JUST HAPPEN TO USE THE INTERNET MORE THAN LIBERALS.
YoooHooo .. YAHOO .. are you paying attention ..??
in my opinion, yep, that about sums it up, also pay attention to where they attribute their findings
Mike Medved dedicated the third hour of his show today on Google.com not accepting conservative ads.
Cool. I'm gonna go back and change the 1992 elections. I think Pat Buchanan made a fine president.
I've been wondering about google. Certain searches didn't seem to add up in some ways. Maybe Drudge's search engine is better?
The "Wiki" system that Wikipedia (the largest-scale example) uses allows people with permission (in the case of Wikipedia, everyone has permission) to edit articles as they see fit. It archives older versions of articles as well, so that articles that are screwed with maliciously can be repaired instantly. The idea is that everyone fixes each other's mistakes and can write articles that focus even on the most obscure topics... There are 300,000 entries in Wikipedia for this reason. There is certainly nothing suspicious about Wikipedia, but it's true that people with a bias or prejudice may write Wiki articles as such. That, of course, is why anyone can fix this mistake. You're expected to write professionally.
it suits the liberals, that is all its good for
I'm not sure I know what you mean... Why don't you elaborate on that?
BTW, that's an urban legend. I looked it up on snopes.
Google's bias is showing!
Prior to going public there was a Wired article on the founders of Google. If I recall correctly, all you will ever need to know about their worldview was in the article. Particularly interesting was how they bend over for the Chinese government so that they will not be banned in China. If the comutards don;t like it, it will die a quick death on the Chinese version of Google.
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