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First page we got a result claiming to expose the unexploded bombshell that obama is actually from kenya. if google were to incorporate truthfulness into results, that finding would probably fall back many pages in the results. the same would happen with the site that pushed popular but false information about things like vaccines. google relies on a project they're developing called the knowledge vault which scours the web for consensus over what is true and what isn't. when anti-vaccors and climate deniers may be for it. here to help me work through it, chris mooney with the "washington post...

By how many people link to them. google said we don't have any specific plans to get the proof rankings in our products. when we googled the phrase barack obama nationality, on the first page we got a result claiming to expose the unexploded bombshell that obama is actually from kenya. if google were to incorporate truthfulness into results, that finding would probably fall back many pages in the results. the same would happen with the site that pushed popular but false information about things like vaccines. google relies on a project they're developing called the knowledge vault which scours...

Google, to rank web sites based on their so-called truthfulness. >> they're going to basically say truth is what a government agency says it is. >> currently, google uses web site popularity as the main criteria for how to rank searches. >> you've got to go out in the field. >> it's a method nomi of the accountability project says leads to false but popular facts getting big play on the internet. >> more often than not whashgs is popular is drowning out the facts, drowning out the real journalism. >> as part of its research google has created a knowledge vault which it describes as hundreds of...

Commonly believed facts now are wrong. what do you say to that? >> most global warming deniers are not scientists or journalists. scientists and journalists are trained to evaluate facts. >> supporterers say you and other bloggers are the problem because you're not really trained to distinguish fact from fiction. >> that's not true. we are actually the voice of the dissidents. we are the voice of the scientists who are speaking out against the so-called consensus. >> a google spokesperson stresses the proposal is simply research and there is no immediate plan to implement the knowledge vault. ...

Biracial son is not disrespectful to police officers. tinder announces his new premium service dating app will cost twice as much for users over 30. first, is google becoming the new ministry of truth? there is an alternative of ranking web pages that is based on accuracy and not popularity. google researchers are looking at ways to rank websites according to their truthfulness. each page would be given a trust score by tapping into the knowledge vault, the storage of facts that google has pulled off the internet. joining me now is joan walsh and