It's a common practice in the commercial advertising world that doesn't violate Google's policies, but the ads mimic real news results from Search closely enough that they have news outlets caught off guard. According to Google's ad transparency center, the Trump campaign isn't running these types of ads.... The ads say that they are sponsored, but it's not immediately clear that the text that accompanies real news links is written by the campaigns and not by the media publication itself.
It's confusing to readers, who get the impression they're looking at the news outlet's headline, and it's damaging to the news outlet, because it makes it look more obviously biased than it actually is.
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Makes them look more biased than they are? Impossible.
Walz will be in Omaha on Saturday. “Why did you let the Twin Cities burn?”
The Harris campaign is a fantasy.
it's damaging to the news outlet
Then we’ll expect outrage, negative coverage, cease and desist letters, and lawsuits.
But that’s not going to happen because these organizations now exist to be damaged for the Progressive cause. It’s through damaging their organization, that their members earn valuable social capital.
It's damaging to the news outlets because it makes clear they could have done so much more.
Getting bitch slapped by soy boys and woke me too feminazis. "Life is so unfair," whined the 3-year-old
They did the same with the sheriff of tulare cty
Exactly. We wouldn’t be hearing this from Axios first.
In other words, fake news.
imagine being the Democrat Party.. And thinking:
The Mainstream Media isn't aligned with us ENOUGH
?!
An acquaintance of mine, I'll call her Stephanie Delmonico (not real name), believes and spreads any lie that gets put out about PDJT. She believes these headlines are real.
There are plenty of Stephanie Delmonicos out there... and that is what the dems are counting on... people who are so dumb as to believe the lies and those who don't care that they are being lied to.
I mean, Kamala and Fauxcahontas repeating the 'good people on both sides' lie that has been debunked by Snopes and CNN as well as many others. They know it is a lie, but they'll feed any shit to their shit-hungry constituency, secure in the knowledge that they'll gobble it up.
Very sad.
Goetz von Berlichingen
It’s not that they don’t care. They want the lies to be true. They need the lies to be true. It’s essential to their identity that they be accepted as true. When you attack the lies you’re attacking them.
If Trump and the Republicans were doing this it would be a national crisis. Democrats? It’s just what they do.
If Trump and the Republicans were doing this it would be a national crisis. Democrats? It’s just what they do.
There’s no right to free speech if it’s harming our democracy…
The news outlets don't seem all that upset though do they?
If I use Google, I scroll past all the "Sponsored" ads. Sometimes it takes 2-3 pages worth of worthless drivel to bypass.
Thanks for the warning. Rarely hit on "Sponsored" links because Pi-hole ad blocker reports "Site cannot be found." Rare times I want to see a "Sponsored" ad, have to SSH to the Raspberry and disable the blocker.
I never pay attention to sponsored ads, I suspect few people do.
I agree with Inga! (Whoa!) If they're identified as Sponsored Ads. Honestly the Harris campaign just sounds desperate.
Fake cheaps.
That’s a tough way to start your day, Howie. But it’s arguably a step up from that dominatrix.
They're just confirming that they're joyful Democrat warriors too.
The cope is real.
Harris/Walz commit an obvious fraud demonstrating they are evil dishonest people and the clapping seal just ignores it.
The people using Harris as a puppet think you are stupid just like we do Inga.
And you prove them right every day.
I am pretty sure the Axios story is not mentioning the real reason the Trump Campaign doesn't run the same kinds of ads- Google simply doesn't allow them to do so and, if they did, the new organizations themselves would get Google to take them down.
From the Axios article: " "While we understand why an organization might wish to align itself with the Guardian's trusted brand, we need to ensure it is being used appropriately and with our permission." Trusted brand? LMFAO
She is such an awesome force of nature and so full of spontaneous and contagious JOY that we need all the thumbs on all the scales all the time stat. Are y'all seeing it yet, Progressives? Are you gonna eat the dogfood you don't like, just because the package is slickly produced?
I made a comment that appeared to publish, but it's gone now.
Inga says she pays no attention to sponsored items and that she suspects "few people do." I wonder why the Harris campaign would bother, then. Clearly they believe they're making a difference.
Yes. Because the alternative, we're assured, is Actual Fascism.
It is just so pathetic.
When the "polls" close in on reality in late September like they always do there will be riots. The Kamala Harris campaign ends when Trump makes his opening statement on September 10th.
Videos of Police ordered by Walz to shoot paintball guns at people trying to go outside their houses during COVID are rolling around right now.
The real hammer will be the ads reminding everyone Kamala kept Black men in prison past their sentences for prison labor.
The Democrat Party will not survive this.
Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) said on X:
I was shocked yesterday when I saw Axios publish an investigation reflecting negatively on Kamala's campaign.
But soon as the reporter, @sarafischer, was attacked for doing it, she immediately denigrated her own scoop, saying it was no big deal and Kamala did nothing wrong.
He links to a GIF of her tweet which says Google doesn't consider it consumer deception. Huh. The same Google that recently banned Trump photos (accidentally) and then was redirecting queries for Trump news to "Donate to Kamala" web sites? That Google? Nothing to see here. No thumbs on no scales here man. Move along.
However, back on Earth we used to have journalists that wanted scoops, wanted to make news, wanted to provide information BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.
Everyone skips the whole first page of results, right? (As if you need to be reminded that the Truth is not a left-wing value.)
OMG! Hair on fire Achilles is upset again! He proves himself to be a weirdo (sorry, hesitate to use because by now it’s been so overused) at least once a day, but in his case it’s still apt. Everything is such an emergency in Achilles’ mind, how can he live with all those red lights and sirens going off in his head all the time? Must be exhausting.
Inga would have shushed Colbert's audience too.
OMG! Another emergency! Achilles brings the red lights and sirens again.
Wrong.
If anyone here is a Stephanie Delmonico, it's Inga.
"Google said the ads don't violate its rules, but platforms have in the past wrestled with whether this type of format can spread misinformation."
Translation: "It's not misinformation when we do it."
Saving democracy I see.
It doesn't matter if people don't click on the links because they recognize that are ads - they see and/or read the headlines as they float by. It's a type of product placement. And in this case it is fraud.
I came to say…glad you were first
Most people don’t click on sponsored ads because they are most often bogus. Most people don’t give them credence, most people have a modicum of discernment and don’t waste time online watching sponsored ads. As for being fraudulent, yes they could be seen that way and Democrats should probably stop doing this, it’s wasted money and fodder for some Trumpists to get all verklempt and turn it into a national emergency.
Yes FAKE headlines, which is appropriate for the Onion or the Babylon Bee but not for actual news content. Notice none of the news outlets she rewrote headlines for are complaining like they would if Trump had deceptively edited them. Make no mistake, she is creating headlines that make it appear the news outlet supports her in articles that sometimes say the opposite in their real content.
So mere days after decrying Trump for suggesting that they were faking news to exaggerate Harris' popularity, it turns out that this is exactly what they were/are doing? I'm so old I can remember when Trump ultimately being right took years...
Duh, they are counting on the reader NOT clicking them Inga, but it is still fraud to rewrite headlines deceptively. THAT is the point. People WILL read them, even if 99% don't click, it leaves the false impression those articles are favorable to Harris.
Inga gets teh…
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Now, before they can finish saying "that's a conspiracy theory" the evidence it is actually happening starts to appear. This is driving the media & campaign (BIRM) to preemptively lie about Trump, such as sending out the memo about the X interview being full of lies BEFORE the interview was even conducted. Guess who around here actually repeated the memo's talking points anyway?
Subliminal messaging?
By the way, this is blatant trademark infringement and false designation of origin, and probably copyright infringement as well. If these "news" agencies were even remotely serious about their integrity, they would be suing as well as reporting on the campaign doing it.
Yeah, if we wait long enough, we’ll actually be given proof that there were no people at the Harris rally in MI showing the plane and the reflection of no people.
They are identified as sponsored, but then purports to present an AP article or the like - even seeing that it was sponsored, one would believe that the underlying article, including the headline, was actually from AP. Indeed, deceiving the public into thinking that the headline was both true and actually came from the news source is the ENTIRE POINT of this activity.
“The ads include links to real articles from the news outlets but the headlines and supporting text have been altered to read as though the articles support the Harris campaign's objectives.”
“The ads include links to real articles from the news outlets, but the headlines and supporting text have been altered to read as though the articles support the Harris campaign's objectives.”
I'm sure my comment is a duplicate of what's already been written, but all of the News, except maybe Fox News and the NY Post, sounds like its been written by the Harris Campaign. Did you read the leftwing MSM "news" on the Trump-Musk talk? Kamala herself couldve have written it
The dullard appears to say she never pays attention to sponsored ads. she doesn't have to. She already thinks that way. They are aimed at people who are not yet cultists.
Exactly, Inga - they take an outlet's trademark - e.g., AP/Reuters or PBS (including the head silhouette design mark) - and place it on text that did not originate from that outlet - the false headlines and supporting text. That is the very definition of a false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. 1125.
Shocker... as if this was just another wink and nod between D and MSM.
By the way, did I miss our hostess saying Kamala disqualified herself by repeating the Charlottesville lie?
She's not going to understand, tommyesq, because she doesn't have the brain power and intellectual honesty.
The link that goes to the real article, with the real headlines is right there for the person to read for themselves. The body of the article linked to has not been altered in any way.
My point proven. It would be laughable if she weren't an adult. Sad.
...and it's damaging to the news outlet, because it makes it look more obviously biased than it actually is.
That's probably the difference between a Hubble observation and the James Webb.
“What is a false designation?
False designation of origin is when something, like a logo or symbol, makes people think a product comes from a different place than it really does. This is not allowed for trademarks because it can be misleading and confusing for customers.”
As I said, there is a link in the sponsored ad that brings the reader to the real article with the real headline.
I wonder if the dullard has seen the black curtains hiding empty seats ? Nah.
The dullard, who never pays attention to sponsored ads, now explains what is at the link.
See? She's just plain stupid, bless her heart.
Yes, Google approves ads. So the real scandal is they approved this.
Google would do that, but the "real reason" the Trump campaign isn't doing that is because they have plenty of real information to get to the public and don't have to rely on Big Media articles, let alone rewrite headlines and pay to have the sponsored link featured on Google.
And she uses the phrase 'real headline' and still has no comprehension. Just willfully ignorant is she.
Harris: "We can't let them ask us any questions."
Campaign Manager: "Why not boss? The media loves you."
Harris: "No they don't. They think they do. But they don't. When they find out about me, they'll hate me."
Campaign Manager: "What? No. Never! The media loves you."
Harris: "They hate me and they just want to ask me questions. Like about Joe Biden and the shower."
Campaign Manager: "What? What happened with Joe Biden and the shower?"
Harris: "See? See? Everybody wants to know. I'm telling you. No questions. We're not answering any questions."
Campaign Manager: "But we can't just hide in here like criminals."
Harris: "Yes we can. What we need to do, let's send the plumbers in and change their headlines around. So they all like me and they don't ask me any questions."
Campaign Manager: "Isn't that dangerous? What if the press finds out?"
Harris: "They won't find out. They're stupid. They love me and they're stupid."
Campaign Manager: "They might ask questions."
Harris: "No! No! No questions!"
The doorbell rings.
Campaign Manager: "Oh no, Boss. It's the press."
Harris: "Shoot the plumbers! Shoot the plumbers!"
“Harris camp doing nothing wrong and Google, which is pretty strict about banning spammy ads, doesn't see it as a consumer harm," Sara Fischer, a reporter with Axios, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "News outlets just collateral damage in this weird ads tactic."
https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-campaign-changing-google-articles-headlines-sway-voters-1938781
As I said earlier, the Harris campaign should probably stop doing this as it can be seen as fraudulent, even though it gives a link to the real article with the real headline.
Inga
“The ads include links to real articles from the news outlets..
it's Always Fun, watching Igna blindly repeating something, over and over and over again; being SURE that THIS time, she'll make her sale :)
Gilbar, repetition is a good way of learning for brain damaged people. I do it for your benefit.
Harris is spreading disinformation.
Inga said...
I never pay attention to sponsored ads, I suspect few people do.
8/14/24, 8:02 AM
"Inga said...
The link that goes to the real article, with the real headlines is right there for the person to read for themselves. The body of the article linked to has not been altered in any way.
8/14/24, 10:01 AM
Not gonna see the real article if they never pay attention to sponsoded ads
“The real hammer will be the ads reminding everyone Kamala kept Black men in prison past their sentences for prison labor.”
Those of us what live in Caliunicornia know this for a fact.
Wow, even for you Inga!
A large cohort of armed police was moving down the street. They shot people on their own front porches with pepper balls that had committed no crime, and who had not threatened anyone.
The only people that like a true oppressive "police state" are those that believe they are in good standing with the party.
Trotsky was useful, right up until the point he was dead.
I have done lots of work in the past with brain damaged people, including giving them a place to live in my house so they could afford their rehabilitation care.
Your "ableist" attack on gilbar (who obviously is NOT brain damaged) is disgusting!
Also, this is extremely unethical. And I'll bet that now that Axios has called them out over it, they will say that they're going to stop doing it.
“MINNEAPOLIS — Misinformation surrounding a May 2020 video recorded in Minneapolis is going viral as political opponents target Gov. Tim Walz, the newly-minted running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris.
A video from May 30, 2020, shows law enforcement sweeping a small, residential street in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis.
Authorities at the time were tasked with enforcing an 8 p.m. curfew in Minneapolis issued by Walz, who was seeking to quell the riots and violent protests that began in the wake of the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
Users incorrectly claimed the police were enforcing a COVID-19 lockdown in Minnesota. Other users falsely said Walz "ordered" police to shoot at residents.
The police action was not related to COVID-19 lockdowns, and there is no evidence that Walz asked officers to shoot paintballs at residents.“
https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/no-tim-walz-did-not-enforce-mn-covid-curfew-paint-ball-rounds.
Speaking of Google search:
"Google is now openly admitting that they were blocking and eliminating search prompts regarding the assassination attempt on President Trump," the senator told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. "Most shocking is their bizarre written defense that Trump's assassination attempt was a 'hypothetical act of political violence' even up to the point of our public inquiry on July 28th."
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — While former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance have been hammering Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over his response to the violence that erupted after George Floyd’s murder, Trump told the governor at the time that he fully agreed with how Walz handled it.
“What they did in Minneapolis was incredible. They went in and dominated, and it happened immediately,” Trump told Walz and other governors and officials in a phone call on June 1, 2020.
And the "hypothetical bullet" hit his ear instead of his head because the shooter did not allow enough for wind, and Trump turning his head.
Feeling stupid. I do a search and am not seeing this. Can someone give me search terms that produce this result? (Maybe I don't see it because I'm in Costa Rica....)
Now Google is claiming that Harris team took advantage of a 'glitch' that was supposed to stop this. Why doesn't Trump team find those 'glitches'?
I'm sure somebody already said it, but how would anybody know the difference?
Frey speaks during a news conference Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis. (Marci Schmitt — Star Tribune/Star Tribune)
Jacob Frey has been cast as the mayor who lost control of his city, enduring criticism from the state's governor that the Minneapolis response to rioting in May over the police killing of George Floyd was an "abject failure."
Now Frey is speaking out, saying Gov. Tim Walz failed to take his requests for help seriously until it was too late.
In an interview Monday, Frey said that Walz hesitated to send in the National Guard to quell the growing violence and then blamed him for allowing the city to burn.
"Through an extremely difficult situation, I told the truth," Frey said Monday. "I relayed information as best I could to state partners. And we did what was demanded for the sake of our city."
Texts and e-mails obtained from Minneapolis by the Star Tribune through public records requests show the city was trying to give Walz and the state Department of Public Safety what they said they needed to move forward.
State officials, meanwhile, said the city did not provide the detailed information they needed to deploy the Guard until the next day. By then, dozens of buildings had been looted and torched.
On Wednesday, May 27, the second evening of unrest around the Third Precinct, Frey said Police Chief Medaria Arradondo called him at 6:23 p.m. to say that the Target store near the police station was being looted and that he needed the National Guard.
Frey said he immediately telephoned Walz, at 6:29 p.m., relayed information, and asked him to send in the National Guard. "We expressed the seriousness of the situation. The urgency was clear," Frey said.
"He did not say yes," Frey said of Walz. "He said he would consider it."
Frey insisted that he explicitly asked whether his verbal requests constituted a formal request, and the governor's staff confirmed that they did. The governor's office disputes that.
The documents, released by the city late last week, corroborate this sequence of events.
So you're cool with it, hmm, inga? You think the news sources should continue to be cool with the theft of their intellectual work product (or do you consider it "fair use"?) and its being twisted to partisan ends?
Sounds about right.
The link that goes to the real article, with the real headlines is right there for the person to read for themselves. The body of the article linked to has not been altered in any way.
But honey... you never click on those sponsored links, and you suspect few people do. Remember?
All these years, I believed that inga was actually who she said she was - wrong about a lot of things, but still at root a Midwestern grandmother whose daughter had served in the military and who believed herself to be a patriotic American. It's getting so hard for me to deal with the cognitive dissonance.
Inga said..."As I said earlier, the Harris campaign should probably stop doing this as it can be seen as fraudulent, even though it gives a link to the real article with the real headline."
Hell, Inga, even you don't read the articles. We know this because time and again you post something who's headline supports your point but the article itself negates it. You are legend for doing this.
Inga
“MINNEAPOLIS — Misinformation surrounding a May 2020 video recorded in Minneapolis is going viral as political opponents target Gov. Tim Walz, the newly-minted running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris.
A video from May 30, 2020, shows law enforcement sweeping a small, residential street in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis.
Authorities at the time were tasked with enforcing an 8 p.m. curfew in Minneapolis issued by Walz, who was seeking to quell the riots and violent protests that began in the wake of the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020."
Whole lotta rioters sitting on those porches, Inga?
Jamie said..."All these years, I believed that inga was actually who she said she was - wrong about a lot of things, but still at root a Midwestern grandmother whose daughter had served in the military and who believed herself to be a patriotic American. It's getting so hard for me to deal with the cognitive dissonance."
I don't see a dissonance. My 90 year old Midwestern mother believes all the same stupid shit as Inga (Love you, Mom!). Inga lives only 50 miles down the road. They'd get along famously.
The things is, inga's "voice" has sounded very different from usual (usual in terms of the way it's sounded to me over the years she and I have overlapped) since - maybe the debate? Certainly since the assassination attempt. What I was trying to say without saying is that I have never believed that any of our lefties were actually paid, but I'm starting to wonder.
She seems like the same old Inga to me. Just excited about our impending destruction, erh, the Kamala candidacy.
OTH, there are definitely paid agents here.
Hey, you can "reply" to yourself!
Must be something in the water in Mukwonago. Are they still using lead in their pipes?
Enshittiation:
https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2024-04-04-teach-me-how-to-shruggie-kagi-caaa88c221f2
I’m the same person I always was. I distanced myself from the comments sections of the Althouse blog intermittently over the years. I engage more strongly when I’m responding to some comments from certain commenters, mostly those who are insulting and rude. Do you think I should respond to these people less aggressively? Do the commenters deserve special treatment from me? My “voice” responds in kind sometimes, other times I ignore these people.
As for being paid by anyone, lol. I’ve been commenting here since 2011. I’m way over retirement age and after 35 years working my tail off as a nurse, I have no desire to work for anyone ever again. Politics and current events are some of my interests and right now things are very interesting, so it’s an active period for me here at Althouse. I wonder where do the paid commenters by the DNC get their jobs? Maybe I should look into it as a nice little retirement gig.
Holy Karp Batman! The MEDIA -- The MEDIA!!! -- is raising questions about our endorsed candidate !!! That's NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!! The next thing you know, some independent reporter -- WHO COULD THAT BE??? There's not supposed to be any independent media -- MIGHT ASK QUESTIONS!!!
Naw, never gone to happen. She's a Dem.
The dullard does not notice that this reporter had to quickly minimize her scoop after blowback from the left.
OMG, this is hilarious, Rusty thinks I’m Inga Witscher from Mukwonago who has a lovely show on PBS Wisconsin. Please don’t go harassing poor Inga Witscher, she is NOT me, she is much younger and a dairy farmer.
Around the Farm Table with Inga
Her show is lovely and worth watching for a taste of rural Wisconsin, but again, she is NOT me, lol.
I agree that it's the same stupid Inga. The links she posts that don't agree with her arguments are the sponsored ones she never looks at.
And the senile asshole is the same senile asshole he ever was, bless his heart.
Inga, are these the rioters you claim Walz was having the police paintball?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1823363958780383712
Face it, if brains were C4 you couldn't blow your own nose.
(and does it not occur to you that those black-shirted police were behaving like fascists?)
Uncovered audio of Trump praising Walz’s handling of the riots
“Stop the hammering!”
— - Larry O’Donnell
“I’m the same person I always was.”
That must be so disheartening for you. The speedy recovery never materialized.
That's from four years ago. What does Trump think today? Got a video of that?
Whether those people were purportedly violating COVID restrictions, or (potentially) BLM rioters, that is some outrageously unconstitutional behavior by the guys in the black fatigues. What the hell?
It’s puzzling why Trump praised Walz on his handling of the riots. Does Trump like outrageously unconstitutional behavior? By the behavior of the Jan.6th rioters after being incited by Trump, I’d say yes.
"It’s puzzling why Trump praised Walz on his handling of the riots."
Have you considered the possibility that he was talking about something that Walz did other than ordering the shooting people sitting on their porches with paintball guns? You might.
Walz wife loves the smell of burning businesses late at night.
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