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What gives you the impression that it's opinion and not fact? The article in question is making a factual claim, it just happens to be completely wrong.

It's like googling "moon landing date" and the first hit is a page that sincerely argues "the moon landing never happened."

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> It's like googling "moon landing date" and the first hit is a page that sincerely argues "the moon landing never happened."

And that's what I am confused about. Isn't google suppose to the show the most popular result based on a set of criteria?

Not in the "news" section. The complaint isn't that it's the first hit in the regular search results, it's that it's the first hit under news. (Or rather, it was. Now this Washington Post piece is first, and the false article is second!)

Ahh ok, I see. Odd.

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