Who writes the headlines at Google News?
We were surfing around, looking for additional coverage of the Chicago Tea Party, when we spotted the following headline for a video on GoogleYouTube.
When you click on the headline, a YouTube video plays a report covering the Independence Day Tea Party in DC.
The word “marred” does not appear anywhere in the report or the accompanying YouTube description or keyword tags. They must have meant to type “marked” and this is just a typo, because if it was intentional it would represent a disgusting betrayal of journalism ethics.
Let’s see if they change the headline.
In the meantime, check out the video the headline is referencing:
UPDATE: That didn’t take long. Google News has changed the headline. It now reads:
I love this blog site! and I love how Chicago actually stood up for something other than the constant corruption you hear going on there! Amazing Tea Party! Hats off to all of you! Love the signs and even the now remorseful voters who voted the bozo in!
I think if we had a re-vote right now and kept out acorn and foreign money, yobama would be the loser! !!!!!
There is still a link with this search:
http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22US+Independence+Day+marred+by+Tea+Party+protests%22
US Independence Day marred by Tea Party protests
RT – Jul 4, 2009
America’s Independence Day celebrations are over in the United States, with millions of people having taken part in the festivities. …
Link leads to here: http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-07-05/US_Independence_Day_marred_by_Tea_Party_protests.html
[...] This is how Google reported on the Independence Day protests: [...]
Screw Goggle,Go to Dogpile.com
Moonbats Respond to Tea Parties…
Hundreds of thousands honored the true spirit of Independence Day Saturday by taking a stand against government tyranny at more than 2,000 Tea Parties. But not everyone was moved by this timely surge of American spirit. Here’s how Google reported……
Actually, Google headlines are not written by Google, they’re either pulled from content on the page, or, more likely in this case, coded into the page in a “meta description” or “Meta title” which be specifically written so that the search engine knows to display it in the search results. The idea is to allow short, compelling descriptions and titles that get maximum click rates. So in this case, the typo would be attributed to the person running the site, not Google.