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Computerworld - Wed Nov 25, 7:26 am ET
IDG News Service - The top-ranked result for U.S. first lady Michelle Obama on Google's image search engine is a racist caricature that depicted her with the face of a chimpanzee, just below a link to a suggested Google search for the terms "Michelle Obama Monkey."
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Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 24, 11:44 pm ET
'We have, in general, a bias toward free speech,' a Google spokesman says, explaining that offensiveness alone is not a reason to remove the image from the search index. A crudely altered photograph of Michelle Obama, which often comes up as the first result on a Google image search of her name, will not be removed from the company's search process despite protests that the depiction is racist ...
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 25, 5:31 pm ET
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted their first official State Dinner at the White House with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 11:56 am ET
San Francisco - Google on Wednesday apologized for an offensive picture of US First Lady Michelle Obama that appeared on top of its image search results, and later removed it after initially saying that company policy prevented it from censoring the ...
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KFWB News 980 Los Angeles - Wed Nov 25, 10:42 am ET
The search engine giant is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site.
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GadgetCrave - Wed Nov 25, 4:02 am ET
In case you missed the hoopla–yes I said hoopla–a Google image search for first lady Michelle Obama delivers a rather disturbing, racist photo to the top of the page. In fact, it’s the very first photo. The photo in question, which provides an unfortunate rendering of Mrs. Obama crossed with some form of primate, hails [...]
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The Huffington Post - Tue Nov 24, 8:10 pm ET
What's Your Reaction? Michelle Obama looked dazzling in a sleeveless gold dress and shawl as she and President Obama welcome Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur for the first official state dinner on Tuesday night.
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Eurweb - Wed Nov 25, 3:08 am ET
*Cue the controversy - Michelle Obama is about to kick up her shoe game with some thigh-high luxury boots from France.
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Gawker - Tue Nov 24, 11:58 pm ET
Yikes, we need a moment to wash our eyes with cool, clear water after looking at that thing . OK: Google is refusing to remove a picture of Michelle Obama Photoshopped to look like a monkey from...
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The Inquisitr - Tue Nov 24, 7:55 pm ET
Washington, DC (AHN) – Details of the first White House State Dinner of the Obama presidency were revealed today. Addressing journalists in the White House, Michelle Obama told reporters that the dinner is very important for her, saying, “I have been on the other side of these visits and dinners, as a guest in many countries,” [...]
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Mashable - Tue Nov 24, 7:16 pm ET
Search for Michelle Obama’s name via Google’s image search and you’ll likely find an image that has been characterized as a racist caricature of the first lady of the US in the top results. The image is offensive to many and while some are demanding it be removed, Google is holding firm and yet still apologizing. The Washington Post has uncovered a formal apology from Google in the form of an ad ...
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KTVA Anchorage - Tue Nov 24, 7:40 pm ET
Google has reserved one of its valuable ad spaces on Google Image Search to explain why an offensive image of Michelle Obama appears as the first result for searches on her name.
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The Huffington Post - Tue Nov 24, 10:10 am ET
What's Your Reaction? Looks like First Lady Michelle Obama got the memo saying that bright colors are embraced by Indian culture. Mrs. Obama also wore dangly earrings. Gursharan Kaur, India's first lady, wore a green sari.
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Search Engine Land - Mon Nov 23, 4:59 pm ET
Google is buying ads to explain why an offensive image of the First Lady is back in its index and ranking so highly on searches for Michelle Obama in Google Image Search.
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Search Engine Roundtable - Mon Nov 23, 3:47 pm ET
If you search on for [ Michelle Obama ] in Google Image Search you will see a racist and offensive image of the first lady. We first reported this image back in ten days ago and then gave Google a hard time for removing the Obama result . Well, the result is now back, hosted on a new site. But this time, Google bought a search ad explaining why the result is there and why Google cannot remove it ...