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Here is the conversation we really need to have about bias at Google

Google says it is aware of the potential for certain kinds of bias in its search results, and that it has instituted efforts to prevent them

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Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Google logo in this picture illustration | Photo: Reuters

Farhad Manjoo | NYT
Let’s get this out of the way first: There is no basis for the charge that President Trump leveled against Google this week — that the search engine, for political reasons, favored anti-Trump news outlets in its results. None.

Mr. Trump also claimed that Google advertised President Barack Obama’s State of the Union addresses on its home page but did not highlight his own. That, too, was false, as screenshots show that Google did link to Mr. Trump’s address this year.

But that concludes the “defense of Google” portion of this column. Because whether he knew it or not, Mr. Trump’s false

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