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Power 2 the People

(2,437 posts) Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:47 PM Dec 2018

Congresswoman asks Google CEO why googling 'idiot' shows picture of Trump

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Congresswoman asks Google CEO why googling 'idiot' shows picture of Trump (Original Post) Power 2 the People Dec 2018 OP

he was so respectful barbtries Dec 2018 #1

He should have answered Duh! KelsieK Dec 2018 #2

He shoulda answered "Smocking Gun" wellst0nev0ter Dec 2018 #9

welcome to DU! gopiscrap Dec 2018 #12

Pretty much the same reason googling "punchable" brings up a lot of images of Martin Shkreli. tanyev Dec 2018 #3

that this needed to be explained tho.. JHan Dec 2018 #4

That is too funny .... CatMor Dec 2018 #5

The Congresswoman already knew the answer. Zoe Lofgren is Silicon Valley delisen Dec 2018 #6

.... skylucy Dec 2018 #7

Google searches can deliver different results for different people, but when I search "idiot" RockRaven Dec 2018 #8

Because Trump is an idiot? Initech Dec 2018 #10

I tried it and she's right - lots of pix of Trump - and one of his two eldest sons... Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #11

barbtries

(28,787 posts)

1. he was so respectful

Reply to Power 2 the People (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:50 PM

Dec 2018

as he let her know that it's because trump and idiot go together and it's not because of google, it's because of all the people on the internet associating trump with idiot.

KelsieK

(3 posts)

2. He should have answered Duh!

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Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:51 PM

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wellst0nev0ter

(7,509 posts)

9. He shoulda answered "Smocking Gun"

Reply to KelsieK (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 09:19 PM

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gopiscrap

(23,756 posts)

12. welcome to DU!

Reply to KelsieK (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:27 PM

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tanyev

(42,550 posts)

3. Pretty much the same reason googling "punchable" brings up a lot of images of Martin Shkreli.

Reply to Power 2 the People (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:52 PM

Dec 2018

You really shouldn't be allowed to run for Congress if you don't understand how that works.

JHan

(10,173 posts)

4. that this needed to be explained tho..

Reply to Power 2 the People (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:54 PM

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CatMor

(6,212 posts)

5. That is too funny ....

Reply to Power 2 the People (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 07:56 PM

Dec 2018

my laugh for the day.

delisen

(6,042 posts)

6. The Congresswoman already knew the answer. Zoe Lofgren is Silicon Valley

Reply to Power 2 the People (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 08:00 PM

Dec 2018

Poor Donald. Lofrgen and Pelosi in the same day.

Goodbye Softball Paul Ryan.

skylucy

(3,739 posts)

7. ....

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Tue Dec 11, 2018, 08:01 PM

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RockRaven

(14,958 posts)

8. Google searches can deliver different results for different people, but when I search "idiot"

Reply to Power 2 the People (Original post)

Tue Dec 11, 2018, 08:10 PM

Dec 2018

13 of the first 20 images are some variant of Donald Trump. One is Don Jr & Eric. The other 6 are non-Trump, including the first result which was Dostoevsky's novel.

But of those 13, 9 of them are meta -- i.e. about the fact that the google result for idiot is Donald Trump. Who knows how many/few would have been Trump had this not been brought up in a Congressional hearing? Seems like there's some Streisand-like effect going on here.