TV stations are certainly liable for content they didn't produce but choose to show. Newspapers can be liable for simply repeating a quote but newsworthiness i

TV stations are certainly liable for content they didn't produce but choose to show. Newspapers can be liable for simply repeating a quote but newsworthiness is a valid defence, provided the context is reporting rather than promoting the opinion. The question in Google's case is whether the choices applied in their search algorithm constitute promotional choices or whether the engine is merely a robot reporting on available content. I personally think the court is wrong here but promoting versus reporting is the question in play.