It was about time! Google now has a Spanish localized version of it's Google News service. This is good stuff since I like to keep abreast of the news but don't really have the patience to read the propaganda masquerading as newspapers you buy here.
Actually, I speak like it's a Spain thing when it isn't. All newspapers have biases, most of them are political or religious, and you have to take everything they say with a grain of salt. Same thing for TV news. The great thing about Google News is that since it aggregates news from many different sources, you can be reasonably sure that you're getting a bias-free picture of the world, in that all the biases eventually cancel each other out. That's my theory anyway.
So it looks like I'll be getting my local news from Google now instead of, well, ignoring the news because I can't stand reading any single newspaper or watching any single TV channel. I've been getting most of my international news from Google News UK, since it's the closest I have to local and even though I don't often click through to the UK stories, I'm impressed that I have a much better picture of what's going on there than I've ever had since I moved away. I suppose it's just a great idea. Can you tell I love Google? ;)
Posted by Dave at September 30, 2003 03:26 PM