Not that we should expect the Republican Ministry of Propaganda known as Fox "News" to ever tell the truth, but on this one, Fox's lie is quite glaring.
You see, Fox is trying to help uber-right-wing GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum fix his "Google problem." It's what Fox does, help Republicans. And, as usual, they're caught lying. Here's what Fox alleges (and it's not true, to be shown below):
Search giant Google’s chairman, Eric Schmidt, testified in front of Congress this week regarding the company’s possible abuse of its monopoly power in the search market. They have tremendous control over what pops up when a term is typed into the search button and, during elections, the first results matter. But I have some serious reservations about the claimed unbiased results Google lets the user see first.
Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) is the father of seven children, a devout Catholic, and current GOP presidential candidate. But when someone types his name into the Google search box, the very first result that appears is a website detailing a sex act “by-product” named after the senator. In fact, the Senator’s own website is the fourth result.
By contrast, Rick Santorum’s website is the first result that both Yahoo and Bing give the user.
Why does Bing know that Rick Santorum’s own website is a better match than an explicitly sex-related site?Um, Bing doesn't know better. In fact, Bing's first result is the sex site. And Yahoo's first result is a news story, followed by the second result, the sex site. The campaign site is nowhere to be found on either. Nice reporting, Fox.
Let's see what Bing and Yahoo actually show as the first result for Santorum:
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Caught with a little santorum on your face, Fox News?
