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Old 11-05-2016, 06:20 PM   #5461
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Try it for yourself and see. Simply put, Google is not showing results that people are searching for in their auto-complete bar when it comes to Hillary in particular. There is also some serious conflicts of interest when it comes to Eric Schmidt working for the Hillary campaign.

I love conspiracy theories like this because they are predicated on a fundamental misunderstanding of how Google works.
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The auto complete? That's it?

I typed in 'Hillary Clinton crimes' into Google and it brought up a whole bunch of supposed crimes she committed. I then went to Yahoo, typed in the same thing and it brought up a whole bunch of supposed crimes she committed, many links were the exact same.

So what's the big scandal here? That people are upset they have to type in the entire thing?
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So what's the big scandal here? That people are upset they have to type in the entire thing?
Google's autocomplete is more sophisticated than Bing's or Yahoo's. One of the things it does is suppress search results from showing up in the autocomplete if searching with a proper name if it's associated with something derogatory. Try it with almost any name where you'd be sure a top result would be a crime.

Try 'bill cosby r' or 'bill cosby s'.

Basically it's a conspiracy theory founded in ignorance.

EDIT: So the scandal is supposedly that Google's autocomplete skews in favour of Clinton.
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Not to mention the fundamental misuse of the term "conflict of interest."
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It's fun watching the rhetoric from the Clinton damage control team.
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"Last night in Clark County, they kept a poll open until 10 o’clock at night so a certain group could vote. The polls are supposed to close at 7, this was kept open 'til 10. Yeah, you feel free right now? You're think this is a free and easy election?"

Yeah, how dare they let Latinos vote. Nevada state GOP chairman Michael McDonald warming up the crowd at a Trump rally.

I thought when the polls close they were supposed to stay open until the line was processed? That huge line in NC in the video earlier I thought I'd read the polling station was open an extra 5 hours to process the line. Oh but those weren't a 'certain group'.
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You only wish your Saturdays were as good as mine.
Well, I am sitting at my in-laws while they converse in Mandarin reading about an election none of us are voting in.

So, maybe? I assume that at least you aren't wearing pants.
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It's true, you most likely have a better, faster computer than I do.
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I'm waiting for my kid to have a bath so we can watch Star Trek: TNG. Unfortunately that probably should involve wearing pants.
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Somebody just tried to rush the stage and secret service rushed Trump away. Doesn't look like the person got anywhere near the stage. People chanting USA USA as the guy was escorted away. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/7...238912/video/1
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Trump was rushed off stage in Reno tonight:

https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/795069623284756481

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Try it for yourself and see. Simply put, Google is not showing results that people are searching for in their auto-complete bar when it comes to Hillary in particular. There is also some serious conflicts of interest when it comes to Eric Schmidt working for the Hillary campaign.

Even if this were true, so what? Why shouldn't they be able to do what they want with their search engine?
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Somebody just tried to rush the stage and secret service rushed Trump away. Doesn't look like the person got anywhere near the stage. People chanting USA USA as the guy was escorted away. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/7...238912/video/1
I dunno, looks like he got pretty close up to the stage!

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...t-nevada-rally
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Somebody just tried to rush the stage and secret service rushed Trump away. Doesn't look like the person got anywhere near the stage. People chanting USA USA as the guy was escorted away. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/7...238912/video/1
Not only is that a stupid thing to do, it's even stupider at a Trump rally where violence is baked in.
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