[shanty]

Not exactly. There is an implicit expectation of truth when searching on Google, sort of like an encyclopedia. The interference happens when the results do not match reality.

Try these yourself to see how this can change public opinion: Google: "is abortion good or bad" returns almost entirely pro-aborion results. Do the same on Bing and you get actual results such as "Is abortion a good or bad thing?"

Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_manipulation_eff...