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3. Accuses Google of rigging search results against him

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Thu Aug 30, 2018, 05:38 PM

Aug 2018

Alex Lockie Aug. 28, 2018, 6:42 AM

President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google without evidence of intentionally playing up negative news articles about him in its search results while hiding coverage that reflected conservative voices.

From Trump's Twitter on Tuesday morning:

"Google search results for 'Trump News' shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of results on 'Trump News' are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!"

Trump's 96% figure appears to come from a PJMedia, a conservative opinion blog that published a post Saturday that used unscientific methods to estimate that 96% of Trump-related search results in Google's News tab came from outlets categorized by PJMedia as liberal ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-vows-to-address-google-search-allegedly-rigging-media-against-him-2018-8

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Attacks on the Media Reaching Dangerous New Levels [View all] struggle4progress Aug 2018 OP

Goes wild against 'Enemy of the People' media struggle4progress Aug 2018 #1

Bashes CNN, NBC struggle4progress Aug 2018 #2

Accuses Google of rigging search results against him struggle4progress Aug 2018 #3

'Fake social,' 'fake search' are the new 'fake news' struggle4progress Aug 2018 #4

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Scary stuff. The monster is completely unhinged. n/t Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #7

Fight back! Racerdog1 Aug 2018 #8

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It might seem like fake news to us on DU FakeNoose Aug 2018 #10

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Sooner or later, his attack on the fourth estate Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #12

Thanks, S4P, for keeping tRump's fascism in the spotlight. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #13