Posted on 08/28/2018 2:04:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Fox News host Shepard Smith said Tuesday that President Trump's attacks against Google appear rooted in the fact that he doesn't like the news.
“What he doesn’t like is the news," Smith said on his show. "It’s not the people who are delivering it or the platforms on which they receive it. It seems to be the news itself, because around there, the news is not good except the fake news."
Smith added that "the fake news seems to be pretty good for" Trump, but that "the real news seems to be unpleasant.”
The anchor's comments came hours after Trump accused Google of rigging its search engine results against conservative news.
"Google search results for 'Trump News' shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media," Trump tweeted. "In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out."
Trump then appeared to cite a study from a conservative media outlet that said 96 percent of Google search results for a specific news story go to liberal media outlets.
Trump later told reporters in the Oval Office that he thinks Google has "taken advantage" of a lot of people and that the tech giant, in addition to Twitter and Facebook, is treading on "troubled territory."
Smith responded to the assertion by saying Trump's claim "means nothing."
"What is he talking about?" he asked.
Reading Trump's quote on Google, he added: "I lost the page but it didn't make sense then, it wouldn't make sense now."
Google said in a statement to The Hill that its search engine results have zero political bias.
"When users type queries into the Google Search bar, our goal is to make sure they receive the most relevant answers in a matter of seconds," a Google spokesperson said.
The attacks from the president come as many GOP lawmakers accuse tech companies of bias against conservatives.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is set to testify before a House panel next week and will likely face questions on the subject.
Trump has so gotten into his head he has lost all sense of reality.
From the mouth of the guy that spews fake news.
The only thing Shep uses his computer for is gay porn, gay dating sites and reviews of gay bars.
He knows nothing about manipulating searches.
I would say what Shep knows about manipulating but I will try to be polite.
He didn’t get those lips from sucking bananas.
The “news” he spews is as fake as the face he hides under deep layers of orange clay makeup...fake news!
Fake search results!!!
BREAKING NEWS FLASH:::: Nobody gives a SH!T what Chump the CHIMP says!
Faggot Fake news is irrelevant.
Hate watching this A-Hole.
Shep should be working for CNN.
They know all about fake news.
Shemp: Where the news ain’t just fake, but GAY.
Shep is a dark black spot on Fox News. They must owe him something to have him on to ruin the day for news. I can’t stand the less-than guy that still has a job, with his attitude .. he isn’t neutral.. he’s way biased and openly shows it! he should go over to CNN.
Has anyone else noted that the FOX people in the early morning seem to be fairly conservative as well as the FOX people in the evening are also fairly conservative.
The FOX lefties are on the air from 10am to 7pm EDT.
So why is it?
Could the reason be that FOX is targeting the working class with their early morning and evening news?
And FOX is targeting the ‘non-working’ class with their 10am to 7pm EDT news?
It seems to me that is the FOX game plan.
Dear Fox: Please fire Shemp. Yesterday.
Any any skeletons in your closet that might come out if you admitted that Google manipulates search results?
The real news is GREAT for Trump.
The problem with Sodomy Shep is that he confuses fake and real.
With the exception of the 12-2 pm Cavuto show, Fox Business is pretty conservative.
Neil is, unfortunately, solidly in the global/corporatist camp.
Shemp makes Fox news unwatchable.
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