Google helping fight "fake news"

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Yeah, that's just...yeah.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wi...fact-check-conclusions-news-searches-46654436

Google will expand the use of "fact check" tags in its search results — the tech industry's latest effort to combat false and misleading news stories.

People who search for a topic in Google's main search engine or the Google News section will see a conclusion such as "mostly true" or "false" next to stories that have been fact checked.

Google has been working with more than 100 news organizations and fact-checking groups , including The Associated Press, the BBC and NPR. Their conclusions will appear in search results as long as they meet certain formatting criteria for automation.
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But pretty much lost their credibility when they said this:

Google said only a few of those organizations, including PolitiFact and Snopes.com, have already met those requirements; The Washington Post also says it complies. Google said it expects the ranks of compliant organizations to grow following Friday's announcement.
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Umm, Snopes, really?
 
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LouderVol said:
GV I would take snopes over the Post.

not that that is saying much.
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I just find it more entertaining that Snopes and PolitiFact have already "passed" the test so to speak.

Exactly what kind of criteria are they using anyway?

And FTR, I don't really consider Snopes a news site in the traditional sense.
 
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So now google will tell you what news to believe. The same company that strives to know every possible detail about your life so they can sell that to advertisers. Yes that's who I'd trust to tell me the truth. Someone who has my best interests in mind.
 
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The current administration has made fact checking tough. With this bunch you have to start with the assumption that everything is a lie and then try to sort it out.
 
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MT LeConte said:
The current administration has made fact checking tough. With this bunch you have to start with the assumption that everything is a lie and then try to sort it out.
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Probably best to take that approach with all politicians. If their lips are moving, they're lying. Obama was not different. ISIS Hillary definitely was not different. Lying jack wagons the whole lot.
 
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hog88 said:
Bull****. Trump and Obama are on equal footing when it comes to the truth.
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You cannot be this blind. Trump is in a new class when it comes to to bull$hit. I am not going to say it is out and out lies all the time, but it is a steady stream of bull$hit like I have never seen.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Probably best to take that approach with all politicians. If their lips are moving, they're lying. Obama was not different. ISIS Hillary definitely was not different. Lying jack wagons the whole lot.
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It just doesn't make sense to say that all politicians lie equally. Trump is in a league of his own and he has worked diligently for that accomplishment.

I applaud Google for their attempt at helping the public become better consumers of news. We have seen the horrible job done by much of the public on their own.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
You cannot be this blind. Trump is in a new class when it comes to to bull$hit. I am not going to say it is out and out lies all the time, but it is a steady stream of bull$hit like I have never seen.
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You're not this niave. Trump is simply more vocal with his bs.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
You cannot be this blind. Trump is in a new class when it comes to to bull$hit. I am not going to say it is out and out lies all the time, but it is a steady stream of bull$hit like I have never seen.
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You haven't looked hard enough in the past.
 
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luthervol said:
It just doesn't make sense to say that all politicians lie equally. Trump is in a league of his own and he has worked diligently for that accomplishment.

I applaud Google for their attempt at helping the public become better consumers of news. We have seen the horrible job done by much of the public on their own.
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We get censorship as a result. The difference is you notice Trump more.
 
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Grand Vol said:
For a regular website, perhaps.

As a news source? There's something basically wrong with the premise of people using Snopes as "news."
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I read the earlier comments to be that if Snopes or a few other sites had determines something false then they would filter it. Not that they were taking news from those sites, only.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
You cannot be this blind. Trump is in a new class when it comes to to bull$hit. I am not going to say it is out and out lies all the time, but it is a steady stream of bull$hit like I have never seen.
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Obama was lying every time he opened his mouth and when he wasn't lying he was hiding something. The difference between then and now is every MSM outlet and hundreds of bloggers are hanging on Trumps every word and pointing out every possible untruth.

Trump could twat that he ate eggs over medium for breakfast and an hour latter headlines would read they were really fried hard.
 
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luthervol said:
It just doesn't make sense to say that all politicians lie equally. Trump is in a league of his own and he has worked diligently for that accomplishment.

I applaud Google for their attempt at helping the public become better consumers of news. We have seen the horrible job done by much of the public on their own.
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In reality you applaud Google for controlling the narrative. You guys want to rail and whine about the Russians manipulating the election, boy howdy what do you think this is?
 
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