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tofuandbeer

(1,314 posts)
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 02:45 AM Nov 2013

Yowser! Yahoo "News" is going nuts with ACA tonight.

In their top news stories, 5 out of 7 articles are "Obamacare" articles—negative, of course (and there's more below what my screenshot captured).

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Yowser! Yahoo "News" is going nuts with ACA tonight. (Original Post) tofuandbeer Nov 2013 OP
Yahoo is a dated, joke of a website... Drunken Irishman Nov 2013 #1
You got that right. I NEVER LOOK TO YAHOO FOR NEWS INFORMATION trueblue2007 Nov 2013 #10
Not defending yahoo but when they redesigned their site kydo Nov 2013 #2
Ah...thanks! I didn't know that. Very interesting! tofuandbeer Nov 2013 #3
Thank You for posting this...at some point we need to boycot them nt Stuart G Nov 2013 #4
Let them! jazzimov Nov 2013 #5
The ACA will come around and bite them! Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2013 #6
Yahoo uses a LOT of ASSociated Press stuff, and Rupert Murdoch sits on AP's Board now, so.... blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #7
What is dsteve01 Nov 2013 #8
:) tofuandbeer Nov 2013 #9
Yes, and the article titles are soo lame flamingdem Nov 2013 #11
:D ! tofuandbeer Dec 2013 #12

kydo

(2,679 posts)
2. Not defending yahoo but when they redesigned their site
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 06:41 AM
Nov 2013

They changed how content is chosen to appear on their site. They are doing a google ad thing and the content that appears when you visit is personalized by and for you. When I go to yahoo I get a lot of football news on the page and I am not on their sports page. I didn't chose to have all the football stories, yahoo did by reading my cookies on places I have been. When I start looking at a lot of political stories, then visit yahoo there are now more political stories then football.

I hate it. I don't visit a information site to only get info on my hobbies. I go to see what is happening.

tofuandbeer

(1,314 posts)
3. Ah...thanks! I didn't know that. Very interesting!
Fri Nov 29, 2013, 02:19 PM
Nov 2013

So, I guess that answers my question. I don't really think I read about ACA in the news, but I probably have clicked on their stories once or twice, so that's what the send me.

Thanks again!

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