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    This psychologist claims Google search results unfairly steer voters to the left. Conservatives love him

    by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Mar 24, 2019 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - The idea that Google is subtly pushing masses of voters to the left has the ring of conspiracy, and thus the work of Robert Epstein is warmly embraced by conservative lawmakers - as well as a president - convinced big tech is plotting against them.

    Yet even many scholars who think the San Diego-based psychologist is wrong about the political impact of search engines - he believes bias built in to Google's processes could have cost Republicans three California congressional districts in the last election - have started paying attention to his detailed work on how voters respond to tens of thousands of search results.

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