In Google Newsroom, Brazil Defeat Is Not A Headline : All Tech Considered : NPR

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In Google Newsroom, Brazil Defeat Is Not A Headline

Google is mining its search data from the World Cup games, trying to make factoids that go viral. Its “newsroom” is focused on happy thoughts, not sad ones — like Brazil’s brutal defeat.

via NPR.org: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/09/330003058/in-google-newsroom-brazil-defeat-is-not-a-headline

After the dramatic defeat by Germany, the team also makes a revealing choice to not publish a single trend on Brazilian search terms. Copywriter Tessa Hewson says they’re just too negative. “We might try and wait until we can do a slightly more upbeat trend.”