Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Is Yahoo Answers Biased?

is Yahoo Answers biased? As the site grows in popularity, it seems to be attracting just anyone at all to jump on the soapbox. I realize that is (partially) the point of Yahoo Answers, but it seems strange to me. Lets start by doing a search on questions about "liberals"- approx. 33,500 hits come up on questions about liberals. The front search page lists questions that include items such as 'liberal infestation', 'Nazi gay-loving, towel-head lusting', etc. Some of the front search page do NOT have demeaning terms against liberals, though. Sponsor results at the top include, "Mitt Romney-Conservatives". Okay, onto my front page, Yahoo Answers search for "conservatives"...first result "...gonna energize conservatives everywhere"..."what do you think about Ann Coulter?...LOVE HER"..."stupid liberal". "Conservatives" in the Yahoo Answers search merely has 21, 835 results. From what I am seeing, simply by face value, conservative sponsorship of Yahoo Answers is high. When I searched for 'liberals' conservative sponsors and Bill O'Reilly came up. How is this an even playing field? Or does that just not exist at all anymore?

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