"Independent, woman-owned": FAIL

Google's ranking of websites is stellar as usual!

There were a couple of particularly annoying remarks by “Miss Tegucigalpa, 2005” at the GOP debate Wednesday night, so I tried to look up the transcript on Google, typing in “FOX BUSINESS REPUBLICAN DEBATE TRANSCRIPT.”

I didn’t really care who had it, I just wanted the transcript.  The first website served up by Google, as you can see, was "The Pavolic Today":

An odd choice to get first billing by Google, no? After all, Fox Business was the network that had actually sponsored the debate.

For reasons that will become apparent, I was soon wondering, WHAT THE F— IS "THE PAVOLIC TODAY"?  

The answer, given on its “About Us” page, is:  "an independent, woman-owned, American news organization based in Washington DC. Founded by Ksenija Pavlovic McAteer, a political scientist, author, and independent White House Correspondent covering the Biden administration ... The Pavlovic Today is guided by strong journalistic ethics."

Woman-owned - CHECK!

Immigrant founder - CHECK!

Lots of blather about "journalistic integrity” - CHECK!

So, naturally, Google put “The Pavolic Today” transcript at the top of its search results. 

Should’ve gone with DuckDuckGo!