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December 1, 2004 2:02 PM
Google News Top Story: Bush Arrested
From the WSJ's Online Journal:
Google News is a great site...(but) If you want to know what the top stories are, you're better off going to a news site that has an actual human editor (at this point we'd be remiss if we didn't plug The Wall Street Journal Online), but some of the stuff that makes its way through Google's algorithms can be a source of high hilarity.
Example: A left-wing site called Axis of Logic published a satirical (though unfunny) article yesterday titled "Canadians Authorities Arrest U.S. President Bush on War Charges," and it ended up as Google's top story. Seriously.
(Thanks, Gordon)
- Posted by John Battelle on December 1, 2004 2:02 PM
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» ¿Google News necesita un editor humano? from ALT1040
Aunque Google no ha tenido una falla desde hace cuatro años, su servicio de noticias sin editor humano recoja una historia satírica en donde se anuncia que George W. Bush fue arrestado y que esta termine como la más importante del momento y eso podr... [Read More]
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» ¿Google News necesita un editor humano? from ALT1040
Aunque Google no ha tenido una falla desde hace cuatro años, su servicio de noticias sin editor humano recoja una historia satírica en donde se anuncia que George W. Bush fue arrestado y que esta termine como la más importante del momento y eso podr... [Read More]
- Tracked on December 5, 2004 10:16 PM
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I read Google News (i prefer my bias automated) and have several times been subjected to viewing things such as beheadings in thumbnails, and often times personal rants from blogs that have been pulled in as news feeds. Still, at least i'm well rounded. I can't separate left from right or fact from fiction, but quiz me on world events and i'll blow anyone who reads only the WSJ or NYT out of the water.
So an actual human editor, like James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal Online, who has no problem citing Newsmax.com as a source, is no less hilarious?
All bow down to the WSJ!
Heh. As a Canadian, I thought the story was pretty funny. I mean, the guy is a war criminal.
I thought it was pretty funny too. Heh heh. Kerry probable couldn't even GET himself arrested in Canada.
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