Sunday, November 4, 2012

Too Good for Google News?

Matthew Lee, a small-time blogger when compared to other websites such as Democracy Now, is a perfect example of a blog gaining super popularity. In fact, Matthew Lee's Inner City Press became so popular and controversial that Google News had to take it off of its list of legitimate news sources. One question I came up with after scrolling through the site was, how could something so displeasing to the eye be considered a threat?
Lee began focusing on internal issues related to the UN since 2005 and has uncovered some eye-opening details about the United Nations. Lee had been writing about the UN for two years, three to four stories a day when suddenly he received a letter from Google stating they would no longer be able to post his articles on Google News. Lee firmly believes this is because Google teamed the UN and was told to get rid of him. There is also the possibility that someone sent Google an email stating that Lee's site was a one-man-band blog and because of that he was violating Google's rules that all news organizations that were on Google News must have at least two employees.
What difference does it make if one man reports the news, compared to two people?

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