Google conspiracy theory shows where Trump is getting his news
At his Wednesday night rally, Donald Trump made one of his frequent complaints about the media not devoting enough attention to Hillary’s awfulness. But this time, he got pretty specific.
"Google search engine was suppressing the bad news about Hillary Clinton," Trump said, apparently referring to Google searches during the first presidential debate on Monday night.
Conspiracy theories about Google aren’t new, but the idea that they tilt search results was thoroughly debunked months ago. So just where would Trump get the idea to bring this up now?
Trump didn't cite a source to back up his claim, but the most recent report alleging this came from Sputnik News, a Russian state-owned news agency.
A state-owned Russian news agency spreading conspiracy theories? Why would anyone credit such an accusation? You would have to be crazy to treat something like that seriously.
Conservative news outlets, including Breitbart News, whose chairman became Trump's campaign CEO last month, linked to the report.
The Google CT wasn’t just in Trump’s rambling off-the-cuff remarks. It was baked into the TelePrompTer Trump portion of the program. But why shouldn’t Trump be getting his news from Russian sources? He’s been making news for them.