Google News Stonewalling Independent Media

In the world of online news publishing, syndication is one of the most important ways of reaching a large audience, and of all the news syndication services on the internet, perhaps none are more prominent than Google News. Launched in September of 2002, Google News promised to be an impartial provider of diverse news stories from across the globe. By compiling news stories "solely by computer algorithms" and "without human intervention", Google News was touted as an inclusive and unbiased source of news. The only catch is that Google News only syndicates news stories from certain websites and which websites make the cut are determined by human choice. Over the years it has become evident that this choice is not impartial, but rather subject to politics and the whims of public opinion. By offering a revolving door of tenuous and inconsistent excuses, Google News has effectively worked to stonewall left-leaning independent media sources from syndication. The following three stories offer stark examples of this problem.

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