Google admits it messed up with fake election story

Found on CNet News on Tuesday, 15 November 2016
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The fumble comes almost a week after the US presidential election, in which Trump, the Republican nominee, pulled off a stunning upset victory. In the aftermath, commenters have argued fake news circulating on social networks helped get him elected.

"Google is an important source of news for people who tend to fall toward the middle of the ideological spectrum," Jesse Holcomb, associate director of research for the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. "It is a generally trusted source of news."

The Internet should not be considered a trusted source of news, just like any other media; most are biased to some degree. That's why people should read multiple sources. Shifting this ability towards automated systems (or someone else in general) will effectively lead to a system where people are too easily directed in case the mainstream media gets controlled by a third party.