Donald Trump wants to 'address' alleged left-wing bias in Google search results

Google tailors results to individuals by tracking your interests, to view untailored results you can search Google via StartPage dot com. (strong liberal bias)


I bet you trusted the election polls predicting Hillary's landslide victory as well.


**cough** the Clintons **cough**

Judging by the fact that you wear a tinfoil hat I can easily deduce that you believe anything that comes out of 4chan /pol/ and r/The_Donald.
I pity you if you voted for the clown that is staining America's image.
To clarify, no I don't like Hillary nor do I like Trump but I'd much prefer Hillary in office than the cheeto that is currently there. She at least knows how to maintain international relations with countries that have been our allies instead of kissing Russia's ***.
 
Google changed their algorithm recently to move true left-wing sites (not Hillary war-mongering Wall St. pandering pseudo 'left' sites) down in the search results, and it has affected traffic to those sites. If you think about it even for a minute it becomes obvious that, if left alone, search engines have absolutely no motivation for manipulating search results in any political direction. Under pressure, now, from Republican and Hillarycrat interests, their hated antiwar left and alt-right foes have begun to be repressed.
 
I don’t know America politics, but google is poop. They claim free speech and practice the opposite. This nothing new.
 
This is getting a lot of publicity on many news sites and any of the articles I read stated that he tweeted that 96% of news article search results are from left wing media outlets. Which is a very specific percentage. Specific enough that the journalists were able to identify where he got it from - one Paula Bolyard at the conservative news site PJ Media. Her testing methodology involved doing the same search from different computers with (gasp) different users! Such technical skills surely cannot be wrong.

What struck me is that, even if the figures were right, it does not take SEO into account - maybe the so-called left wing media outlets are just better at getting their sites ranked higher in the search engine.
 
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I thought this was a safe space, I didn't mean to trigger anyone. Lame joke aside, a simple Google of "Clinton scandals" and you'll find at least 8 since the 90s, even just from Google's liberal biased results :p. Anyways, I'm sure Trump will get off just as the Clinton's have.

Let me preface this by saying I am neither a liberal nor a conservative, and I didn't vote for Hillary or Trump, however I am glad Trump won over Hillary. I believe in deregulation, letting people do and be what they want so long as they don't infringe on other people's lives, treating people as individuals rather than group identities, diversity of thought, equal opportunity, and free speech including the right to offend. In the last decade the right has become more and more accepting (moving towards the left), the left in turn has moved further and further to the left, to the point of becoming regressive and intolerant (the opposite of what they preach).
#WalkAway

As for some things Trump has done which I like... He's cut over 20 regulations for every new regulation created. He defeated ISIS, or rather they no longer hold any territories, mind you he just continued and focused on Obama's strategy. Unemployment is at record lows, American manufacturing is up, with employee wages increasing, all largely due to his promised tax law and the cutting of regulations and pushing policies that keep money in the hands of American businesses. He finally fulfilled a promise that has been made by every single president since Clinton, he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. He constantly calls out CNN for the fake, agenda ridden, manipulated, cherry picked news that they are, if only he had the balls to do that with Fox as well. That's off the top of my head...

On a separate note, I'm saddened that late night shows have fallen to focus on the low hanging comedic fruit that is obsessive Trump bashing. I miss the days of Jon Stewart, even though he leaned left, he was a smart, respectable comedian.
 
I thought this was a safe space, I didn't mean to trigger anyone. Lame joke aside, a simple Google of "Clinton scandals" and you'll find at least 8 since the 90s, even just from Google's liberal biased results :p. Anyways, I'm sure Trump will get off just as the Clinton's have.

Let me preface this by saying I am neither a liberal nor a conservative, and I didn't vote for Hillary or Trump, however I am glad Trump won over Hillary. I believe in deregulation, letting people do and be what they want so long as they don't infringe on other people's lives, treating people as individuals rather than group identities, diversity of thought, equal opportunity, and free speech including the right to offend. In the last decade the right has become more and more accepting (moving towards the left), the left in turn has moved further and further to the left, to the point of becoming regressive and intolerant (the opposite of what they preach).
#WalkAway

As for some things Trump has done which I like... He's cut over 20 regulations for every new regulation created. He defeated ISIS, or rather they no longer hold any territories, mind you he just continued and focused on Obama's strategy. Unemployment is at record lows, American manufacturing is up, with employee wages increasing, all largely due to his promised tax law and the cutting of regulations and pushing policies that keep money in the hands of American businesses. He finally fulfilled a promise that has been made by every single president since Clinton, he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. He constantly calls out CNN for the fake, agenda ridden, manipulated, cherry picked news that they are, if only he had the balls to do that with Fox as well. That's off the top of my head...

On a separate note, I'm saddened that late night shows have fallen to focus on the low hanging comedic fruit that is obsessive Trump bashing. I miss the days of Jon Stewart, even though he leaned left, he was a smart, respectable comedian.

A single Google search result isn't statistically important. First, you didn't account for variables, like the fact that results change based on location, history, ect. Second, you went into the exercise looking for a specific result. By every objective standard, that makes your results invalid as it skews the methodology. Third, you need a much larger data set if you want to make sweeping generalities like you are. Things like these have your evidence thrown out by any respectable body.

Let me preface this by saying I am neither a liberal nor a conservative, and I didn't vote for Hillary or Trump, however I am glad Trump won over Hillary. I believe in deregulation, letting people do and be what they want so long as they don't infringe on other people's lives, treating people as individuals rather than group identities, diversity of thought, equal opportunity, and free speech including the right to offend. In the last decade the right has become more and more accepting (moving towards the left), the left in turn has moved further and further to the left, to the point of becoming regressive and intolerant (the opposite of what they preach).
#WalkAway

Oh boy, I hope you realize the damage Alex Jones has done to the sandy hook victims and the damage Trump has done. If you believe in free speech to the point where it infringes on other's lives, why do you support a guy who regularly slanders private citizens who then get death threats? Who scammed hundred of thousands of students out of their money? Who refused to act to denounce violent alt-right members? What's your excuse, There are good people on both sides? Please, don't even try to preach that when the guy you support has done just the opposite. Rights when it's convenient for you.

As for some things Trump has done which I like... He's cut over 20 regulations for every new regulation created. He defeated ISIS, or rather they no longer hold any territories, mind you he just continued and focused on Obama's strategy. Unemployment is at record lows, American manufacturing is up, with employee wages increasing, all largely due to his promised tax law and the cutting of regulations and pushing policies that keep money in the hands of American businesses. He finally fulfilled a promise that has been made by every single president since Clinton, he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital. He constantly calls out CNN for the fake, agenda ridden, manipulated, cherry picked news that they are, if only he had the balls to do that with Fox as well. That's off the top of my head...

On a separate note, I'm saddened that late night shows have fallen to focus on the low hanging comedic fruit that is obsessive Trump bashing. I miss the days of Jon Stewart, even though he leaned left, he was a smart, respectable comedian.

20 regulations for every new regulation created? Source please. According to the white house itself, it's 22 to 1 but then again they didn't provide any source for that either. Either way, spouting about the number of regulations cut like it's a prize without any details is about as ill advised as you get. Some regulations are superfluous, other's are more integral. Cheering on a blanket "we cut x regulations" without realizing you just allowed the manufacturing plant 5 miles away to dump mass amounts of arsenic into your local water supply might be something of a concern, given that you just gave them permission to poison your local water, among other dangerous side effects. When you can no longer swim in the lake or lay on the beach, yeah that's deregulation. Do you know how painful heavy metal poisoning is? I have to question the moral character of anyone who cheers the decimation of regulation without proper visual appropriation.

Unemployment is low but not record low, no need to hyperbolize. That said, it doesn't mean much when wage increases are being outpaced by inflation

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

As has been the trend for some time now and adding more jobs to the economy won't help. When companies like Walmart pay their employees below the poverty line and they need government assistance to make ends meet, you've got a problem. No number of crappy jobs is going to fix that.

There's not enough data to conclude whether or not manufacturing is up or not. The US added 50,000 manufacturing jobs but this was only slightly higher then expected. Last year was a down year so it was only natural that we trend up this year. It's just the economic cycle. Manufacturing jobs pay a bit more but given the stagnant wages, people in those jobs don't really have that great a standard of living as they used to. Even if the US had an amazing manufacturing renaissance it still would not change fundamental problems, you just be looking at a bunch of ants working for the few elites.

I simply provided the government's numbers, I have no idea where you got your supposed wage growth numbers or how you correlated those specifically to the tax bill.

You don't need to help American business keep their money, they were making record profits before Trump got into office and they are making record profits now as well. The problem is getting that money to the average Americans. What good exactly is a tax bill that takes a few billion from average Americans and gives it to Jeff Bezos? At what period in time has giving money to the rich ever worked out well? 0.0001% of the time, maybe.
 
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First, you didn't account for variables, like the fact that results change based on location, history, ect.
I did in my first post where I recommended using StartPage to have unaltered Google searches.

Second, you went into the exercise looking for a specific result.
Actually no, I've been well aware of Silicon Valley and Hollywood's liberal bias for quite some time, it's not news. It's been a point of concern for many center left to right leaning people for a long time now.

...Alex Jones...
I don't like or listen to Alex Jones, however I support his right to speak whatever nonsense he wants. I do feel bad for the families, although allowing people to speak their mind is important to ensure they're seen for what they are and they're called out on their nonsense. Otherwise people are forced to hide their views and can run for and attain an actual position of power (only later disclosing their real views and agenda). Of course I did find it interesting that Apple, Facebook, Spotify, and Youtube coordinated to shut down all of Alex Jone's content with hours of each other...

Some regulations are superfluous, other's are more integral.
I agree, however most center to right leaning people will agree that we simply have far too many regulations. I would love to see a detailed list of every one Trump has cut (however my Google skills have proved inefficient). There are definitely regulations like building a highway; taking 5 to 7 years through 17 federal agencies and hundreds of permits to get approval. Trump is working on eliminating unnecessary regulations to speed up (and lower the cost of) that process. It's kind of like getting a divorce, which should be a relatively simple process, but the lawyers make sure it takes as long as possible so they get paid. :p

Unemployment is low but not record low, no need to hyperbolize.
I could have phrased that better... anyways, even CNN says unemployment hasn't been this low since 2000 (although they won't give Trump any credit).
https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/01/news/economy/may-jobs-report/

As has been the trend for some time now and adding more jobs to the economy won't help. When companies like Walmart pay their employees below the poverty line and they need government assistance to make ends meet, you've got a problem.
Right, however increasing minimum wage is not the solution either, a company will need to make back their bottom line... I believe the solution is less regulation and smaller government which leads to less taxes to the business and to the individual tax payer, equating to a bigger paycheck.


Anyways, if I came across as arrogant and thinking I have all the answers, that was not my intention, and I definitely don't.
 
I did in my first post where I recommended using StartPage to have unaltered Google searches.


Actually no, I've been well aware of Silicon Valley and Hollywood's liberal bias for quite some time, it's not news. It's been a point of concern for many center left to right leaning people for a long time now.

StartPage still uses google's search results

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixquick

The only thing it protects you from is location and targeted ad tracking.

This isn't a question of their bias (of which they may be), it's a matter making sure your own results aren't biased or unduly influenced. If we assume that Google is biased toward liberal sites, that doesn't make any results you gathered true if you set out from the beginning intent on getting bad results. It's precognition bias and it has a well documented effect on results.

I don't like or listen to Alex Jones, however I support his right to speak whatever nonsense he wants. I do feel bad for the families, although allowing people to speak their mind is important to ensure they're seen for what they are and they're called out on their nonsense. Otherwise people are forced to hide their views and can run for and attain an actual position of power (only later disclosing their real views and agenda). Of course I did find it interesting that Apple, Facebook, Spotify, and Youtube coordinated to shut down all of Alex Jone's content with hours of each other...

Alex Jones was completely fine until he started slandering people. The point to which your free speech extends ends when you start infringing on other's rights. You can say or do whatever you want in America, so long as you aren't unduly hurting others.

I agree, however most center to right leaning people will agree that we simply have far too many regulations. I would love to see a detailed list of every one Trump has cut (however my Google skills have proved inefficient). There are definitely regulations like building a highway; taking 5 to 7 years through 17 federal agencies and hundreds of permits to get approval. Trump is working on eliminating unnecessary regulations to speed up (and lower the cost of) that process. It's kind of like getting a divorce, which should be a relatively simple process, but the lawyers make sure it takes as long as possible so they get paid.

I can agree with that. That's just the ebb and flow of government. Democrats tend to put a bunch of regulations in place and the republicans remove the superfluous ones. Eliminating Bureaucracy is fine, so long as it doesn't eliminate worthwhile protection. This administration has definitely leaned towards removing the needed regulations though and adding regulations that aid big business. For example, the education department making it hard for students to get their money back from schools that defrauded them. Or the EPA removing rules that prevented companies from dumping chemicals in reservoirs and water sources that can poison the entire area's water supply. This administration is all about big business, the guys who are already making record profits.

I could have phrased that better... anyways, even CNN says unemployment hasn't been this low since 2000 (although they won't give Trump any credit).

I'd be fine with giving Trump credit but I have yet to see any report that provides a strong link between the tax bill specifically and unemployment rates. That said, let's assume that the tax bill is indeed the reason. Sure people are employed but they are still getting paid poorly. Wage growth is being outpaced by inflation while the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing.

All this without asking: Who is going to pay for the massive deficit as a result of the tax bill? If it doesn't get under control soon, interest alone is going to kill any gains the US sees.

Right, however increasing minimum wage is not the solution either, a company will need to make back their bottom line... I believe the solution is less regulation and smaller government which leads to less taxes to the business and to the individual tax payer, equating to a bigger paycheck.

The solution is, as the founders envisioned, a hybrid of both. Minimum wage needs to be adjusted for inflation so that workers at walmart don't have to live on government assistance. Walmart could certainly afford and it shouldn't be relying on government handouts to fuel it's profits. If you want less regulation, you can't only take away regulations that benefit consumers. It cuts both ways. In essence, you are decreasing the operating cost of the government and reducing it's burden on taxpayers by actually making companies like Walmart pay their employees an amount they can live off. That's really just the start though, as they are many other areas where you can cut government spending and benefit the taxpayer.
 
Trump spends way too much time analyzing what's being reported about him than doing his job. I like some of the things he's done, not so much on others. He might make better decisions if he would ignore the media and explain what he's doing and why he's doing it. Ideologs will criticize no matter what. He supposed to be this alpha type, but he's looking more like something else. A man self-assured doesn't have to answer every critic. Ronald Reagan had the best template for response.

This. Trump has a very thin skin, even though he pretends otherwise. Presidents have never liked the press, which is very understandable. But Trump is just a crybaby who's trying to hide it under a pretense of "defending the people and the free nation", and meanwhile trying to stifle free press and free exchange of information - however indirectly and mildly.
Obviously, Trump is a problem.
 
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