Coming into power requires the art of persuasion and you’d better be a great speaker or have a master speechwriter at your disposal. Often having those two elements lets you bend the truth a little and sometimes you’re caught saying things that don’t really add up.
Google is going to make your life a little harder now since they want to help people differentiate the politicians that know their facts and those who fall short. Which side are you on?
Taking place in the United States during the Presidential debates, Google will be doing this by combining their efforts with Fox News Channel – not necessarily the best news outlet. This fact-checking will utilise quotes directly from candidates; real-time Google Trends data; and face questioning from well-versed YouTube figures.
Pulling this off would require a whole lot of computing and it’ll help American voters make informed decisions on who deserves their check mark. At the same time, Google thinks that it’ll allow all those running for the seat in the White House to have an even playing field to share their thoughts with the masses.
So for those in the States, when you search for “Fox News Debate” you’ll get the whole shebang – quotes, photos and social messages from all those running in the race. It’ll be accompanied by trending results from alternative news sources as well and a fact checking system.
The system will instantly pull a contradictory statement said by a candidate which in a debate can either sound very convincing or totally full of sh*t, whichever is based on facts and no flip-flopping.
We’re glad to hear that Google has started this in the US and hope that they’ll use this again – maybe in Malaysia – when the opportunity arises. That’ll be interesting to see.
