Kamala Harris has herself in the midst of another scandal, this one involving potentially misleading headlines that were allegedly rewritten to give viewers a better perception of the vice president. These headlines were reportedly part of an advertising campaign on Google and the headlines were presented in a way that gave readers the false perception of her. Trending Politics reported on the headline scandal, saying:
According to the Daily Caller, WDAY Radio, a news station in Fargo, noticed that a recent headline about Vice President Kamala Harris was edited on Goole Search to make it appear as though the writers were endorsing Harris and parts of her campaign plans. Others quickly noted that similar edits had taken place in the stories of national outlets whose reports appeared in Google search results about Harris, Axios reported.
Specifically, it is the campaign’s practice of paying for sponsored ad results that appear at the top of the search engine’s page – with false headlines such as “Harris Will Lower Health Care Costs” by NPR and “Inflation is Down” by Reuters. In the case of WDAY Radio, the owners are incensed that their coverage was rearranged to declare “Harris Picks Tim Walz – 215,000 MN Families Win.”
