Google News results favor left-leaning media, report finds

Google News and Google News search engine results appear to show a “strong preference” for media organizations that are on the left of the political spectrum, a new report finds.

The report from the media technology group AllSides, out Tuesday, analyzed Google News’ homepage and search engine results from the news page over a two-week period and determined that news outlets with a “left” bias were more often prominently displayed.

John Gable, CEO of AllSides and author of the study, said the bias is the result of “most news online and most news consumption online (being) from a left perspective.”

“When users type queries into the Google Search bar, our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds,” the Google spokesperson said, adding that Google doesn’t “bias our results toward any political ideology.”

Full Story @ USA Today

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1 Comment on "Google News results favor left-leaning media, report finds"

  1. Ronald Thompson | April 8, 2019 at 2:48 am |

    Why do Google never show the amazing scientist calling out the climate scare scam. Why show total lies and distortions from left wing media outlets. CO2 is a very minor player in climate

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