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CommentFriday, August 3, 2007

Someone Plays Politics On Yahoo News

Words have power, as a number of people have realized over the years of the printed page. A small example of that appeared as an odd edit on an AP article appearing on Yahoo News.
Someone Plays Politics On Yahoo News
Someone Plays Politics On Yahoo News
Does Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul have unusual appeal, or is he just a longshot for the nomination? You're forgiven if you are confused, because someone at Yahoo News seems to think 'unusual appeal' doesn't describe the candidate as well as 'longshot' does.

SEO Black Hat picked up on a little editing that took place with an article about Paul, a Texas Congressman who has captured the fancy of some voters. Here's what they noted about a headline switch for that story:

Ron Paul Made the front page of yahoo.com about an hour ago with this story under the title "GOP's Ron Paul has Unusual Appeal"

Then, 11 minutes later, the headline is changed to

"Ron Paul remains longshot for GOP nom"

Other than that, the 2 articles are identical.

Isn’t the power of the written word Amazing? How, in the middle of the night (literally 2:11 am EST), a political hack can turn a positive story negative with just a few keystrokes.

2:11 am on the East Coast is just a late 11:11 pm at Yahoo HQ on the West Coast. Maybe the person who changed the title, and also changed how some of the paragraphs break, thought no one would notice.

Does anything go unnoticed on the Internet these days?

The photograph also changed

The photograph also changed from a smiling Paul in front of a line of American flags to a much harsher, authoritarian-looking picture.

Headline confusion

I was reading the article this morning about "unusual appeal" of Congressman Ron Paul. Then I saw the other title "longshot" and started to read it realizing something was wrong.

Thanks for pointing out the obvious attempt to thwart a positive slant on Dr. No!!

The "Unusual Appeal" is adhearence to the US Constitution and actually voting for and talking with respect about it. It unfortunate that the only person doing that is considered fringe or longshot.

I really believe he is gaining tremendous momentum and has a real chance as people actually have an opportunity to hear and understand him.

The no smoke and mirrors candidate has arrived with smoke detectors and a hammer.

Legalize Freedom!

Vote Ron "Unusual Appeal" Paul 2008

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