JAD
12-07-2016, 10:41 AM
A friend's FB post today:
"On many days each year, Google has a “doodle” on its home page. . . a neat little cartoon at the top of the page commemorating some historical event. Past doodles include:
Malaysia Independence Day (Aug 31)
Bastille Day (July 14)
Zora Neale Hurston’s 123rd Birthday
Cesar Chavez’s 86th Birthday (March 31)
125th Anniversary of the Largest Snowflake (Jan 28, 2012)
What does Google have on its home page for today, December 7. . . a date that will live in infamy?
Nothing. Not a thing. Nothing commemorating the bombing of the United States naval base by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Nothing acknowledging the death of thousands of service men and civilians and the wounding of countless others, or the dragging of the US into WWII.
Granted, Google tends to skew positive and happy in its doodle themes, so they can rationalize not commemorating this terrible attack. But Google controls the content of millions (billions?) of the world’s search results every day, it predetermines what news millions of people consume every day, it has also vowed to be the arbiter of what is “real” and “fake” news in our post-Trump-election news environment. Google's lack of acknowledgement of this infamous day is concerning.
We remember, Google, even if you don’t."
"On many days each year, Google has a “doodle” on its home page. . . a neat little cartoon at the top of the page commemorating some historical event. Past doodles include:
Malaysia Independence Day (Aug 31)
Bastille Day (July 14)
Zora Neale Hurston’s 123rd Birthday
Cesar Chavez’s 86th Birthday (March 31)
125th Anniversary of the Largest Snowflake (Jan 28, 2012)
What does Google have on its home page for today, December 7. . . a date that will live in infamy?
Nothing. Not a thing. Nothing commemorating the bombing of the United States naval base by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Nothing acknowledging the death of thousands of service men and civilians and the wounding of countless others, or the dragging of the US into WWII.
Granted, Google tends to skew positive and happy in its doodle themes, so they can rationalize not commemorating this terrible attack. But Google controls the content of millions (billions?) of the world’s search results every day, it predetermines what news millions of people consume every day, it has also vowed to be the arbiter of what is “real” and “fake” news in our post-Trump-election news environment. Google's lack of acknowledgement of this infamous day is concerning.
We remember, Google, even if you don’t."