Google's News Bias
Think you're getting more news on the Internet than from the New York Times and what you see on television? Think again. If you use Google News as a source of news you may be surprised to learn that although the online service spiders lots of news sources, only a few consistently rise to the top on a daily basis.
"Although Google spiders more than 7,000 news sources, only about dozen account for the vast majority of stories on Google News. And two of those dozen predominant sources are owned and operated by the U.S. and Chinese governments."
Of the following top ten, they account for 66% of all the news sources.
- Reuters 175 stories 18% of all
- New York Times 80 stories 8% of all
- Voice of America 67 stories 7% of all (U.S. Government)
- Xinhua 67 stories 7% of all (Chinese government)
- Bloomberg 61 stories 6% of all
- Washington Post 61 stories 6% of all (Owned by NY Times)
- ABC News 49 stories 5% of all
- Boston Globe 26 stories 2% of all (Owned by NY Times)
- CNN 22 stories 2% of all
- San Francisco Chronicle 17 stories 1% of all
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