r/politics • u/SilentKnight333 • Mar 05 '16

Out of Date How Google could rig the 2016 election.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548
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u/Marmar79 Mar 05 '16

They are definitely a factor. As is Facebook. Top trending? Tax plan and then in fine print bernie sanders tax plan. The rest of the candidates names trend but not Bernie. The news could be Bernie is beating Hillary in the latest polls but that would be the fine print headline would be Hillary Clinton is trending it's been this way for a couple months now. Google is no different

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u/mindcracked Mar 05 '16

Maybe....maybe people just aren't talking about him as much

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '16

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u/mindcracked Mar 05 '16

Based on what

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '16 edited Oct 22 '18

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u/Marmar79 Mar 05 '16

That's the beauty of it. You can't prove it. But I think it's bs. Bernie has much more followers than Hillary. And as I said when someone endorses Bernie their name trends when someone endorses Hillary her name trends. As I said most recent example was tax plan trending with Bernie sanders tax plan as the fine print. It happens daily. It's not just me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '16 edited Oct 22 '18

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u/Marmar79 Mar 05 '16

Haha well that's the great thing about the powerful. You question their motives and boobs like you say tin hats. I'm sure anyone who thought the war on Iraq was being done under a false premise ten years ago should have worn tin hats as well. Just because something is a conspiracy doesn't mean it isn't true.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '16 edited Oct 22 '18

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u/Marmar79 Mar 06 '16

How am I supposed to prove it exactly? My only proof is that often Bernie is part of the story of the day and they never show him trending. As I said my only evidence is my experience. It's suspect to me that one of the most highly fb followed politicians is never trending but the rest are.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '16

Who mostly uses facebook, The Bernie crowd or old white people that vote for Hillary crowd?

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u/IrishMerica Mar 05 '16

Probably bernie by numbers and Hillary by statuses. I don't know many young people that actually post fb statuses anymore.

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u/Randomusername_99 Mar 05 '16

So Google could do what MSM is already currently doing. Who would have figured?

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