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Google News' "computers" put anti-GOP EDITORIAL at top of page!! (time to FREEP BACK)
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| December 18, 2002
Posted on 12/17/2002 9:38:06 PM PST by Timesink
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Not a very good HTML copy, but close enough. Time to FREEP Google!
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posted on
12/17/2002 9:38:06 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: Timesink
From their website:
"The headlines that appear on Google news are selected entirely by computer algorithms, based on how and where the stories appear elsewhere on the web. There are no human editors at Google selecting or grouping the headlines and no individual decides which stories get top placement. This occasionally results in some articles appearing to be out of context."
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posted on
12/17/2002 9:39:48 PM PST
by
July 4th
To: July 4th
They could EASILY see to it that editorials are never, ever given top billing, or even front page billing.
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posted on
12/17/2002 9:41:31 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: Timesink
They could EASILY see to it that editorials are never, ever given top billing, or even front page billing. How? And why is it so hard to believe that a computer screwed up?
To: MattAMiller
Look at the URL for the editorial.
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posted on
12/17/2002 10:00:53 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: July 4th
The headlines that appear on Google news are selected entirely by computer algorithms, based on how and where the stories appear elsewhere on the web. There are no human editors at Google selecting or grouping the headlines and no individual decides which stories get top placement. But a human does create the algorithm. What is the algorithm, when was it created, and when was it last changed?
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posted on
12/17/2002 10:08:15 PM PST
by
laredo44
To: Timesink; laredo44
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posted on
12/17/2002 11:56:20 PM PST
by
Karsus
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: onetimeatbandcamp; Karsus; laredo44
Since its easy for a computer to decide whats an editorial or not.... Yup, sure as hell is. I'll repost the URL to make it really easy for you:
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/OPINION/EDITORIALS/2002-12-17-Martin_x.htm>
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posted on
12/18/2002 9:21:38 AM PST
by
Timesink
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
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