Has anyone else noticed this?

[Pika78]

I've noticed something super irritating about checking the election news via Google, and it is far from being a lone incident. When I type "Sanders" into Google news, the results are almost always pro-Sanders articles. Yet when I type "Clinton," they're almost always negative. Here is today's example:

SANDERS
-Sanders condemns supporter's 'whore' comment
-Sanders draws 27,000 to Washington Square Park Rally
-Sanders draws thousands to NYC rally
-Bernie Sanders takes Greenwich Village
-Bernie Sanders rally in New York strikes at heart of establishment

CLINTON
-Money influences everybody. That includes Hillary Clinton
-Democratic debate: is politeness over?
-Clinton vies for black voters as New York battle looms
-Jane Sanders: Clinton will fall short of pledged delegates
-Hillary Clinton has a superdelegate problem

See? Maybe I'm being overly sensitive, but these kinds of results are what pop up 90% of the time. And Sanders folks whiiiiiine about how the media are sooooo pro-Hillary. Um...which media, exactly? My favorite is when Huffington Post articles, especially those written by certified nut job H.A. Goodman, whose "original" take on reality has been compared to a mixture of "condensed sugar and meth," are among the top four results. Really, Google? This counts as news?

[NuclearDem]

1. As long as they keep convincing themselves that they're the victim

they'll never have to accept the reality that they're the bully.

[Her Sister]

2. Yes I've noticed ~ also on Youtube

so sometimes when I want to find something I use descriptive words along with the name to get away from all the Bern.

Hi Pika!! Welcome aboard!!! to HRC Group.

[IamMab]

3. The fact is that more of the Clinton content is just negative, and that skews the results.

It's not the algorithm; it's the searchable content. ETA: Same with the Sanders content. His vetting didn't get started until late, so that's months and months of glowing press. I recommend utilizing the Search Tools to sharpen your results.


What matters to me is Hillary getting elected, because whenever she's actually "on the job," her approval ratings soar. It's these damned elections that make people remember that they have prejudices against women looking to exert more influence.

[fleabiscuit]

7. Speaking of "negative" learn to love the "-" minus sign.

Lots of ways to use google's search features.

Copy and paste this one with the minus signs: hillary clinton -bernie -sanders -afraid -email

edit to add a source: http://lifehacker.com/5739284/the-best-ways-to-tweak-your-search-when-google-doesnt-give-you-what-you-want

[IamMab]

8. Well that teaches me something new today. Thank you! nt

[HillareeeHillaraah]

4. It's everywhere...

Take a look at the front page of HuffPost...you'd be hard pressed to find a pro Hillary article or an anti Bernie one.

[realmirage]

5. I've noticed, but Bernie's defeat is already assured,

So none of it really matters

[sarae]

6. I've noticed that, too

Which is why I have to roll my eyes when BS supporters complain about Clinton getting more coverage. She may have had more coverage at first, but it was, and continues to be, largely negative. Bernie, on the other hand, has managed to skate by on positive coverage. It's only now that I'm finally starting to see the media becoming a tiny bit more skeptical of him.

[LAS14]

9. I have my Google News customized to show..

... stuff about "White House" and "Hillary Clinton." I've long suspected that about 3 out of 4 of the Hillary hits are negative. Seeing this post makes me want to look a little harder.

But I'm puzzled. I know that she gets a ton of negative smears, but I'm surprised that the media reported by Google News is so lopsided.

[yallerdawg]

10. I search on msn.com and bing.

Exactly the same disproportionate Hillary negative to Bernie positive.

And we wonder (no - we don't) why she has such high negatives to the general low-info public?

[anotherproletariat]

11. And it's amazing she is winning in spite of all of this...

Hopefully once she gets the nomination, the media will switch to attacking the repub. Although, that will be dampened by the full-press attack of Hillary by the right. Unfortunately, it's going to be nasty.

[Surya Gayatri]

12. Welcome to HRC HQ, Pika.

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[LAS14]

13. Well, VOX noticed it.

http://www.vox.com/2016/4/15/11410160/hillary-clinton-media-bernie-sanders

[riversedge]

17. Yes, saw that last night but didnot save. I will post it. Thank you

[kerry-is-my-prez]

14. As a former web designer, can tell you this is no accident. Look up the term "Google-bombing."

Something progressives tend to be very good at.

[BlueCaliDem]

15. Add to that, Sanders campaign paying millions to cyber-bully.

Senator Obama used that same company, Revolution Messaging, to unite people. Sanders is using it to divide people. Republicans approve.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

20. So hard to believe that Sanders has turned out like this. I used to think so highly of him.

Did he change - you know power corrupts, or has he always been like this? Would love to know what's going on in that head....

[BlueCaliDem]

21. Maybe he's always been this way only we gave him too much of the benefit of the doubt? Because to be

honest, he has always shouted, ranted, and raved. I just hoped that, on the other side of the Sanders coin, he'd have the common sense to understand that to win a fight for your greater ideals, sometimes you have to lose.

[riversedge]

16. Yes. happens almost always for me. Last night there was an article that popped up

saying Hillary gets the most negative reporting. I did not even click it cause I knew that already.