What a wonderful idea. We hear that Meta is getting out of the news business. It has something to do with the passing of a bill in Canada that says people who use other people’s news should pay for it. I approve of that.
I would object to it if it in any way interfered with the distribution of news by reputable sources. The guy who feeds the pig, is entitled to the pork.
And besides, I am sick and tired of the dreadful news-type stuff on Microsoft’s Bing.
You cannot mix advertisements—disguised to look like editorial—into legitimate news items and maintain any faith in your credibility. I do not even trust Bing for searching. It took me a few hours the other day but I finally forced Bing out of my computer and married Firefox to Google and got back to normal searches. Bing fought me every step of the way. It was like killing a family pet. They look at you with big soft eyes and ask: Why are you doing this to me? And they dig in deeper.
But I ask you, “What is a company such as Microsoft doing in the news business? And who would believe that the latest news from Hollywood matters a damn?”
Mind you, if you want to keep tabs on Donald Trump, that would be one source.
It was my own fault. I caused the problems with Bing. It was on the computer when I bought it. Why, I’m not sure. I got more than enough surprises searching on Bing.
Bing has a mind of its own. It seemed to be like a mentally ill artificial intelligence (AI). One time doing a background search on Justin Trudeau, Bing brought up a faux site of Justin Trudeau supporting a cryptocurrency scam. That was a stopper. I certainly wasn’t in Kansas any more! That would be so out of character for Justin, that you were wondering what you were doing in this land of Oz. As soon as you read that people were investing a fixed amount to get these great results, you knew it had to be phony.
I was once running a company and I wanted it to sue Microsoft. The board had always been behind me until then. They were so in awe of Microsoft that they said ‘No.’
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