Interesting piece by Josh Marshall on TPM about DT’s latest conspiracy theory: Google autocomplete supposedly suppressing suggestions that HRC is evil, because as one types in its search box “Hillary Clinton cri...” autocomplete will not suggest “Hillary Clinton criminal.” talkingpointsmemo.com/…
As the article explains, autocomplete won’t suggest any disparaging word following what it recognizes as a name. Try it yourself — “Donald Trump ass...” won’t prompt “hole.” (Instead, it will lead with a suggestion that I won’t quote to avoid any risk of distracting the Secret Service.) Even after “Donald Trump blithering idio” or “Donald Trump raging narcissis,” it won’t prompt a final “t.”
I have to ask (purely for the sake of a full factual investigation, of course): What other autocomplete omissions do YOU get when you start searching for Donald Trump followed by an incomplete adjective or adjectival phrase?