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Google Scrubs References to Shooters Name (Vanity)
04/30/2012 | loucon

Posted on 04/30/2012 6:46:35 PM PDT by loucon

Over the weekend, CNN carried a story about the "The fine line between self-defense and murder" (http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/us/stand-your-ground/?hpt=hp_c1)

At last check this story has 8331 comments!

Searching Google News for "Daniel Adkins" (3 results) does not return a link to this story. You must search for "Daniel Adkins" site:cnn.com to bring the story up.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=daniel+adkins&oq=daniel+adkins&aq=f&aqi=d2&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i400.1960.1960.0.3337.1.1.0.0.0.0.55.55.1.1.0.#hl=en&gl=us&tbs=sbd:1&tbm=nws&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22daniel+adkins%22+site:cnn.com&oq=%22daniel+adkins%22+site:cnn.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=serp.3...53109.60659.10.62078.13.13.0.0.0.0.196.1042.12j1.13.0...0.0.t6RaLYBqPsc&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=3cdb24598c494ce6&biw=1352&bih=565 (2 results {Bing 5})

Sorry for the long link, but WTF.

Is a "white Latino" any the less important than a "black American"? ...and before you shred me, I don't think these cases are equivalent!


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: danieladkins; lmm; vanity
Just my thoughts
1 posted on 04/30/2012 6:46:44 PM PDT by loucon
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To: loucon

#6 when I search on “Daniel Adkins”


2 posted on 04/30/2012 6:48:45 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: expat1000; loucon

It came up for me too.


3 posted on 04/30/2012 6:56:00 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: expat1000
#6 when I search on “Daniel Adkins”

Then, I've been had! Google is mow filter my results based on me? (did not expect this)!
4 posted on 04/30/2012 6:58:36 PM PDT by loucon
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To: loucon

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=Daniel+Adkins&btnK=Google+Search&oq=&aq=&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=


5 posted on 04/30/2012 7:02:38 PM PDT by 4buttons
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To: loucon

Who knows, but results change all the time - they are not static.


6 posted on 04/30/2012 7:09:04 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: 4buttons

Maybe I just caught Google in a “bad second”. Though, there are three pages now, why aren’t there more?


7 posted on 04/30/2012 7:10:25 PM PDT by loucon
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To: loucon

Yes, Google now tailors search results to each user.


8 posted on 04/30/2012 7:16:03 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: expat1000
Then, I've been had! Google is mow filter my results based on me? (did not expect this)!

Actually I've heard all the engines have algorithms that give you the results you want to see, and that includes political points of view. Like depending on your history the results for search on Obama would be very, very different. It's not so much filtering, as prioritizing. Maybe that has something to do with it.

I bet if you find the story on Adkins, follow the links, then go back and search again, multiple versions of the story will be on top of the list of results. Or for that matter, if you followed some FR links it might do the same thing. Now that would be an interesting experiment.

Maybe the fact you did not get the story on Adkins in your results indicates that you spend most of your time on left wing sites!! (Just kidding.)

9 posted on 04/30/2012 7:16:54 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: expat1000

lol (loucon daniel adkins : About 1,650,000 results (0.35 seconds))


10 posted on 04/30/2012 7:21:06 PM PDT by loucon
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To: loucon

In Web Search I get the following top links

 

·  Black Male Shoots Unarmed Hispanic, Remains Free, Media Mum ...

nation.foxnews.com/daniel-adkins/.../black-male-shoots-unarmed-his...

Apr 9, 2012 – Taco Bell Shooting Victim was Holding Leash, Not Weapon: MyFoxPHOENIX.com Taco Bell Shooting Victim was Holding Leash, Not ...

·  Criminal Justice Petition: Justice For Daniel Adkins | Change.org

www.change.org/petitions/justice-for-daniel-adkins

My cousin Daniel Adkins was shot & killed on April 3,2012 during a heated argument,no physical force was used,my cousin was unarmed! This shooter...

·  Man shot to death in Taco Bell drive-thru | azfamily.com Phoenix

www.azfamily.com/.../Man-killed-in-Taco-Bell-drive-thru-14605068...

Apr 4, 2012 – The driver quickly stopped and exchanged words with the man, later identified as Daniel Adkins. They got into an altercation and the driver shot ...

·  WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR DANIEL ADKINS? - - Louisville Politics

www.louisvillepolitics.com/where-is-the-justice-for-daniel-adkins/

Apr 2, 2012 – At the same time, 29-year-old Daniel Adkins stepped around a corner into the path of the vehicle and angry words were exchanged between he ...

 

In News Search I get the following top links

 

·  Overheard on CNN.com: When is your home your castle? Should you ...

CNN (blog) - 1 hour ago

This was the most-liked comment, referring to the first case in which Daniel Adkins Jr. was shot and killed outside a drive-thru at a Taco Bell in Laveen, ...

Highly Cited: Unstable ground: The fine line between self-defense and murder‎ CNN International
all 6 news articles »

· 

Unstable ground: The fine line between self-defense and murder

WPTZ The Champlain Valley - 1 day ago

Daniel Adkins knew his son would never leave Lady. So when animal control officers showed up at the door with Daniel Jr.'s yellow lab in tow, ...

· 

Unarmed Hispanic Daniel Adkins Killed by Black Man in 'Self ...

Gather.com - Apr 12, 2012

Twenty-nine-year-old Daniel Adkins, a mentally disabled Hispanic, was walking his dog by a Taco Bell in Arizona when he was almost hit by a black man at the ...

· 

No charges over 'reverse Trayvon Martin' shooting in Phoenix area

American Thinker (blog) - 5 days ago

Police have yet to charge a black motorist who shot dead a mentally disabled and unarmed "white Hispanic," Daniel Adkins, in a Taco Bell parking lot near ...

· 

AZ gun laws questioned after deadly shooting

KPHO Phoenix - Apr 5, 2012

Investigators said 28-year-old Daniel Adkins was walking his dog across the drive-thru lane when a car came around the corner and almost hit them.



ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

 

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Man killed at Phoenix Taco Bell had been walking dog

Tucson Citizen - Apr 4, 2012

Daniel Adkins, 29, was walking by the Taco Bell near 51st Avenue and Baseline Road when he stepped around a blind corner into the drive-through lane.

Local: Police: Man shot, killed at Phoenix fast food drive-thru‎ KPHO Phoenix
Police: Man shot and killed at Phoenix drive-thru‎ Appleton Post Crescent
Man shot to death in Taco Bell drive-thruAZFamily
KTAR.com
all 25 news articles »



ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

 

· 

Rodney King anniversary: 20 years after LA riots, have race ...

msnbc.com - 5 days ago

No mention either of Daniel Adkins, the (white hispanic) guy who was shot by a (black) guy at a Taco Bell in Phoenix on April 12 or 13, the other guy ...



msnbc.com

 

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Prospective Fayette petit jurors to report to courthouse May 7

The Fayette Tribune - 22 hours ago

Daniel Wright, clerk of the court for Fayette County, has released the names of jurors to report for petit jury duty. Marvin A. Adkins, Meadow Bridge; ...

· 

Southampton manager Nigel Adkins is lost for words as his side are ...

Telegraph.co.uk - 1 day ago

By Jeremy Wilson Nigel Adkins' calm optimism had been a feature of Southampton's ... the BBC's Dan Walker that their interview was finished “if that's OK”.



Telegraph.co.uk

 

· 

Michelle Obama Calls Trayvon Martin Death 'Tremendous Loss'

ABC News (blog) - Apr 17, 2012

Why didn't she mention Daniel Adkins? Here was a case of an unarmed Hispanic shot and killed by a black man in outside a Taco Bell.

In-Depth: Zimmerman's bond set at $150000; he apologizes to Trayvon Martin's ...‎ msnbc.com
all 7960 news articles »

 

 

 


11 posted on 04/30/2012 7:24:07 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Vendome

Why do I not get the same results? I have no cashing or history, but this is not the same results. How manipulated are we?


12 posted on 04/30/2012 7:31:16 PM PDT by loucon
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To: loucon

number one on the regular search


13 posted on 04/30/2012 7:35:55 PM PDT by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: Vendome

My point exactly! You did not get the CNN article with over 8,000 comments in your return. What does G.o.o.g.l.e. stand for? Government Over-site on Gleaning Logical Explanation?


14 posted on 04/30/2012 7:40:50 PM PDT by loucon
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To: rwilson99

Your search was what? ... because I’m still not getting the results I was getting over the weekend.


15 posted on 04/30/2012 7:44:06 PM PDT by loucon
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To: loucon

I got a CNN Blog about the story on my search.

At various times Google algorithms will return different yields.

They are also personalizing your Google products experience and that can have varied results as well.


16 posted on 04/30/2012 8:04:17 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: loucon

How does Google or anyone “scrub”? What does that mean?

TIA.


17 posted on 04/30/2012 8:36:05 PM PDT by hummingbird (Just askin' or just sayin' depending on the subject. Oh yeah - OBAMA SUCKS!)
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To: expat1000
Actually I've heard all the engines have algorithms that give you the results you want to see, and that includes political points of view. Like depending on your history the results for search on Obama would be very, very different. It's not so much filtering, as prioritizing. Maybe that has something to do with it.

IOW, a confirmed Obot would never see a story critical of The One.

Leave it to google to improve on 1984's memory hole, and make it a personal memory hole...

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you need to threaten to report me to the Admin if I don’t add you to the list...

18 posted on 04/30/2012 8:51:43 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1196 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still...])
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To: loucon

Are you logged on?


19 posted on 04/30/2012 9:01:02 PM PDT by Gator113 (***YOU GAVE it to Obama. I would have voted for NEWT.~Just livin' life, my way~)
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