I KNOW THAT GOOGLE NEWS IS SUPPOSED TO BE RUN BY A ROBOT, but am I alone in suspecting it is a really, really stupid robot?
Let's see. From this I am supposed to think that the Hockey Season That Wasn't is more important than the India-Pakistan War That Wasn't?
Given that Google is famous for hiring very bright people, maybe it could assign an entry level janitor to empty the drool cup of its news robot from time to time.
Posted by Vanderleun at February 16, 2005 11:06 AM | TrackBackI checked several web sites today about the NHL cancelling their season. I didn't look at any regarding any averted Indo-Pak wars. I guess I should have used Google, thanks for the tip.
Posted by: Ken J at February 16, 2005 3:29 PMOdds are they're following the standard model for news: domestic/cultural/personality first, anything outside the U.S. (and anything in the U.S. that reflects well on the center & right end of the political spectrum) second.
Posted by: P.A. Breault at February 16, 2005 3:39 PMDon't mock my mourning.
(Yes, I know that India and Pakistan avoiding war is several orders of magnitude higher in the Cosmic Scheme Of Things, but I'm still mourning.)
Posted by: Chris of Dangerous Logic at February 16, 2005 4:39 PMBefore you condemn poor Bot, are you positively sure you didn't just accidentally google season tickets?
Posted by: JM Hanes at February 16, 2005 9:25 PMCheck out Jim Treacher's lovely Google News screen shot.
Posted by: Gabe at February 17, 2005 1:56 AMOh, now that's a keeper.
Posted by: Gerard Van Der Leun at February 17, 2005 2:39 AMIndia and Pakistan are always avoiding a war. This is the first time the NHL has cancelled its season.
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