I read a story this morning that immediately pissed me off. Google is now issuing an disclaimer of sorts when you search for “certain” things.
When you search for “Michelle Obama as a monkey,” you get an apology. Same thing if you search for “Barack Obama as a monkey.”
Guess what happens if you search for “George Bush as a monkey?” Nada. No apology.
If you cannot see the image below, try this link.
Same thing if you search for “jew.” Search for “catholic” or “palestinian” for example, no apology.
Of course, as many of our astute readers are aware, Sergey Brin & Larry Page, Google’s founders, are both Jewish. Oh, and they both supported Barack Obama.
Below is their dumbass apology.
An explanation of our search results.
Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google.
Search engines are a reflection of the content and information that is available on the Internet. A site’s ranking in Google’s search results relies heavily on computer algorithms using thousands of factors to calculate a page’s relevance to a given query.
The beliefs and preferences of those who work at Google, as well as the opinions of the general public, do not determine or impact our search results. Individual citizens and public interest groups do periodically urge us to remove particular links or otherwise adjust search results. Although Google reserves the right to address such requests individually, Google views the integrity of our search results as an extremely important priority. Accordingly, we do not remove a page from our search results simply because its content is unpopular or because we receive complaints concerning it. We will, however, remove pages from our results if we believe the page (or its site) violates our Webmaster Guidelines, if we believe we are required to do so by law, or at the request of the webmaster who is responsible for the page.
We apologize if you’ve had an upsetting experience using Google. We hope you understand our position regarding offensive results.
Sincerely,
The Google Team
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Respect the office, even if you can’t respect the man.
That should work for Bush and Obama IMHO
Don’t forget to put the time crystals in the slot before you go back and try the search in 2000-2009
Dan:
You suppose another chunk of our lives (Google) is now part of the socialistic liberal “machine”?
Doesn’t look all that fair & balanced to me.
And doesn’t respect for the OFFICE of President have little if anything to do with the PERSON holding said office?
…just curious, George.
Well, first off, I’ve done the two google searches you mention, and received no disclaimer or apology or anything like that.
Second, even if it DOES come up (and I get permission denied trying to view the image you link to) nobody’s actually actively linked to “George Bush as a monkey” often enough for it to become a ranked phrase in Google’s search engine, so it’s just not a problem warranting a solution.
As for “jew” versus “palestinian”… again, it’s about connotation. Nobody’s slinging “palestinian” around as if it’s an insult, but calling someone a “jew”, with the proper tone and context, is often meant as an insult.
Stop jumping at shadows, man.
Editor’s note:
No shadows. I sent you the image. I just did the same search I did this morning and now it’s gone. Maybe they couldn’t take the heat. It’s all over the news. It’s then you search for an “image,” maybe I wasn’t clear on that.
Here’s CNN’s spin on it:
Here’s a blogger with an image of the results
Look around Derek,
This is all over the news.
Bob,
Epithet
Are you guys wondering when everything will be completely absorbed into the google liberal machine, or just the regular liberal machine? Shouldn’t “Fair and balanced” mean we would be able to search FoxNews.com for this mystical idol “Obama the Monkey god”? After all, Apollo was the Sun god… or was he the Sun? Tell us, why can’t we find an image of George Washington as a Turtle god… or the Turkey god? What about Dick Cheney as a bear, moose, or shotgun god?
To what degree have we shifted away from being Americans and toward Obamericans? Was it before or after my aunt had Rham’s face tattooed on her arse?
…now where did I put my tin-foil hat?
Two days ago, Google was racist. Now, they look biased. Give \’em a few days, and I\’m guessing they will clean it up. There are bigger issues to nit pick over.