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Racist Michelle 'Ape Pic' Back Online

Limelight-seeking blogger defends 'free expression'

(Newser) - An altered photo crudely morphing First Lady Michelle Obama's face into an image of an ape is back online. The photo is now posted on the blog BernardTalks , purportedly written by American college student and wanna-be talk show host "Bernard Charles," posing as blogger "bernieluvsellen." The...

Racist Image of Michelle Obama Taken Down

Blog site removes it, not Google, then issues apology

(Newser) - It's finally gone. The image of Michelle Obama altered to look like a monkey is no longer showing up under a Google image search. The blog site that posted it, "Hot Girls," removed it and issued an apology in Chinese and English, reports the LA Times . The photo...

Google Issues Disclaimer Over Racist Michelle Image

But company won't pull doctored photo

(Newser) - Hackers have doctored a photo of Michelle Obama to look like an ape and rigged Google search results so it comes up first under an image search of her name. The move prompted Google to take out an ad on the results page, reading in part, “Sometimes our search...

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