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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bighairymike   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trumps Assassination Attempt Fictional
Date: 07/29/24 11:06 PM
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So what's a guy to think? I tested the things that the NY Post said they did and I got very different results. I'm not going to argue that the Post didn't get those results on a single search or query. But to make a claim of suppressing coverage, you need to get the results the Post said they did on multiple occasions. AI is well known to generate odd results from time to time. I could see the answer that they reported being one of those odd results. And searches occasionally fail. That happens. - pete

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It does happen. That these results are not repeatable is not surprising. Usually when a light is shined on the bias, the big tech involved takes corrective action and the offending result disappears.

Sometimes the error goes the other way such as the iconic image of Trump disappearing and later re-appearing after Google was called out on it.

The odd thing to me is how these errors and omissions enter the picture in the first place. It is like the writers of the algorithms can't avoid some of their own biases affecting their coding somehow. If the errors/omissions were random and unintentional, they would go both ways, but it seems the conservative item is always the one that is somehow missing. Are there examples of liberal leaning results being left off of search results? Maybe it happens and your side just doesn't complain about it.
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