President Donald Trump has accused Google of rigging its search results to display only negative stories about him. He is calling it “a very serious situation” that “will be addressed.”
Trump tweeted early Tuesday morning: “Google search results for ‘Trump News’ shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD, Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal,”
Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2018
This is his latest claim of bias on the part of a news or social media company.
In a later tweet, he said “Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!”
….results on “Trump News” are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2018
These tweets reinforce his comments on August 24th in which he claimed that social media “giants” are “silencing millions of people.” These accusations, along with assertions that the news media and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia meddling probe are biased against him, have been a cornerstone of Trump’s talking point meant to appeal to the president’s base.
In contrast, Trump in July lashed out at the European Union in response to a record $5 billion fine against Google over its mobile phone operating system, calling Google one of America’s “great companies.”
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