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Has Google Finance’s news feed got it in for Apple?

Pity the poor investor who tries to evaluate Apple based on these headlines


Source: Google Finance

FORTUNE — Hey, Apple’s (AAPL) down, let’s pile on!

That seems to be the attitude — if a computer can have an attitude — of the program that filters headlines on Google’s (GOOG) financial news feed.

The list at right (expanded below) was generated by doing a Google Finance  search for “Apple” at 8 a.m. Monday morning. You have to scroll down 24 headlines to get to a positive one (“Apple Inc. sales of $54 billion and profit of $13 billion both break records”) which turns out to be Apple’s own press release.

Given that many high-frequency trading algorithms are programmed to react to such headlines — generated by the likes of Insider Monkey and ValueWalk, but not, curiously, Fortune.com — these things matter.

Expanded list below.

Why Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s in a No-Win Situation Next Quarter

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Latest Rumour, Research In Motion Limited (USA…

Nokia Corp, Apple Inc, Samsung results show mobile market is no longer about …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) When The Party Ends, Everyone Rushes to Leave

Can a Low-Cost iPhone Save Apple Inc. (AAPL)?

What To Do With Apple Inc. (AAPL) Shares Now?

Apple Inc. loses status as the world’s most valuable company

Apple Inc. (AAPL) and the China Conundrum

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Gadgets Never On Kids Wish List: Bill Gates

Apple Inc. (AAPL) or Research In Motion Limited (RIMM)? A Technical Analyst&#…

Apple’s Slide Briefly Makes Exxon Largest Publicly-Traded Company Once …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) At Number Two: Hedge Funds Whimper

One Year Later, Exxon Bests Apple as World’s Biggest Company

Exxon Surpasses Apple as World’s Most Valuable Company

S&P Hits Level Not Seen Since December 2007: Netflix, Inc, Apple Inc …

Apple Expands Audits, Says China Labor Agent Forged Documents

Apple, Like Others, Finds It Has to Work Harder to Make Money

Apple Growth Slowdown Fuels Concern of Value-Stock Shift

Dow Jones Industrial Average Heads Higher; Apple Inc. (AAPL) Weighs on Tech

The Impossible Leadership Position of Apple Inc

Apple Inc. (AAPL): First To The Tech Grave-Yard?

US ITC To Review Apple Inc Patent Complaint Against Samsung Electronics Co Lt…

Apple’s Magic Wears Thin as Its Earnings Disappoint

Apple Inc. sales of $54 billion and profit of $13 billion both break records

Apple Inc Issues Q2 2013 Revenue Guidance Below Analysts’ Estimates; Decl…