http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/fox-news-regular-upset-google-will-rank-by-accuracy-let-the-public-decide-whats-the-truth/ 

So this is funny and disturbing.

First the funny.... seriously, it's in the title. Of course Fox will be the first group upset about google searches reducing the rank of their articles due to lack of accuracy.

But more importantly, this is tied in a large way to the concept of net neutrality. The same issues around ISPs being able to throttle bandwidth from certain sources while promoting others is at play with google's interference in searches based on whatever veracity measurement google decides to implement.

Now, there is a distinct difference, the cost to switch from using google as a search engine to using bing or any other is zero, and without any infrastructure required keeping competition from entering, this isn't something that requires any government involvement.

However, how long do you think it's going to be until other search engines are developed which rank results based on the "truth" according to whatever group created them? We will see a greater fractionation of information. People who want the "truth" according to fox news will use a search engine which filters out anything contrary... and they'll never know anything more than that.

Now you're citing "crazy" news sources?

Oh sweet irony you vicious bitch.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530102.600-google-wants-to-rank-websites-based-on-facts-not-links.html#.VP4VAtLF98H 

Here you go, less crazy news source.

am I the only one who felt time stop between 4:00 and 5:00 today?

No I was working.. .. time was just going slow.

Interesting articles. Absurd yes. Disturbing yes. Surprising no.

Google is the devil. Never use it.

Wait... Victor actually thinks Fox news is the least accurate?

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

.... that's what you took from this?

Fox news themselves got upset about the potential modification to the search engine. You don't find that funny? Just the act of being upset about the change is itself a self-incrimination of being untruthful (or untruthy if you will).

I don't need to make any claims as to who is accurate and who isn't. They're essentially making the claim for me.

Meh. They report, we decide...

However, every news network is guilty of putting their own spin on things. It happens that Fox is pretty much the only television news channel that leans right. All the others lean left. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc, etc.

I think that overall all of the major news outlets are truthful but misleading in their reporting. 🌫

The Cigarbid forums are now never going to show up on a Google search.

Thonginator does

they still do if you google cigars and blood glucose

I read all my news on Snopes... 😟

Snopes says you're lying.

I gots da sugars outrage!!!![whip]