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Feb 23 โข 8 tweets โข 3 min read
Google has shown left bias since at least 2018.
Back then, we found a 65% left bias. The number has remained relatively steady.
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In 2018, then-President Donald Trump accused Google of bias after PJ Media (Right bias) published findings that 96% of results for the keyword "๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ" were from left-leaning outlets.
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Feb 22 โข 10 tweets โข 3 min read
Google News' bias has gotten more pronounced since 2022.
63% of articles came from media outlets AllSides rates as Lean Left or Left. Just 6% were from the right.
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In 2023, Google News mostly curated articles from @CNN (Lean Left bias) and @nytimes (Lean Left) over a 2-week period.
Just 6% of all articles came from outlets on the right โ with the most-curated conservative source being @FoxNews (Right), which made up 5%.
Feb 28, 2023 โข 7 tweets โข 3 min read
Google News shows strong left-leaning political bias, a new AllSides analysis found.
61% of media outlets presented on @googlenewsโ homepage over a 5-day period were from sources AllSides rates on the left, with just 3% on the right.
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Searching โelectionโ returned Google News results only from left-wing media outlets in the days leading up to the 2022 midterms.
For every search term tested, Google News results from outlets on the left outnumbered outlets on the right and in the center.