Just wondering…
You know those little Google ads on the right hand side down there? Well, did you see the one which said Right Wing Extremist? It goes to the London Metropolitan Police website which has lots of useful info about identifying terrorists… “Your call is important to us.” No doubt it is. Can’t help wondering, though… am I allowed to report Left Wing Extremists too? Like for example the ones who support or “understand” terrorism?
Anyway, the next ad down said “Political Left Wing” and it led to a nice magazine website in England where you can read about nice left wing politics. All very civilised I’m sure.
Now, let’s make sure we’ve properly absorbed the subliminal messages here:
Right wing politics = terrorism.
Left wing politics = civilised debate.
Got that everybody?
Okay, just checking. Thank you for your time.
That’s pretty funny, Paul. Actually, I would consider Islamic terrorists to be “right-wing” unlike say the Tamal Tigers who I consider “left-wing” though when you begin to get far enough into the wings, you notice them touching quite conspicuously at the tips…what goes around, I suppose, comes around….
Funny observation, though. Think Google’s biased? I do….
Cheers!
Google’s ads are written and targeted by the advertisers. I should know, I’m one of those advertisers
If you really want to know all about the algorithms that are used in figuring out what ads are shown when, what they bring you to, and how it all works let me know and I’ll be happy to fill you in.. but suffice it to say the ads you see are exactly as biased as the money that’s thrown at them.
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