steve128 - 10:50 pm on Jun 10, 2003 (gmt 0)

>Just as The New York Times deploys editors to sort and publish the news, likewise Google deploys it's algo to sort the information that it judges relevant- it's free speech<

Nope, if the NYT was seen to to make slanderous claims they would be in trouble.
Which can cost a bundle, not free

Google can more a less pass the buck to the site owner