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2004-01-26 Britain

BBC buys up âHutton inquiryâ Google links

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Posted by Steve 2004-01-26 1:05:08 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 bloody typical of the bbc this is ,i hate the bbc!

Posted by Jon Shep U.K 2004-1-26 1:30:10 PM|| 2004-1-26 1:30:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 If the BBC wasn't such a paragon, I would speculate that they were engaged in censorship. In reality it would have been improper for anyone else to profit from a news story that was wholely a creation of the BBC.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-26 1:37:52 PM|| 2004-1-26 1:37:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm gonna use Yahoo search for this one, then.

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-1-26 2:10:44 PM|| 2004-1-26 2:10:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 well, I guess I can stop using google then. Shouldn't this make the British taxpayers a bit angry to see their tax dollars being used in this fashion!

Posted by B 2004-1-26 3:40:54 PM|| 2004-1-26 3:40:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Guardian article leaves a little something to be desired (I'm shocked, shocked). It says that searches will be "automatically directed to" the BBC's page, leading the naive to believe that they will be, well, automatically directed to the BBC's page.

Instead, in the sixth paragrph you learn that the Beeb has just bought one of those right side ads. Kinda weird, but not exactly flushing embarrassing facts down the memory hole, which is how the first paragraphs make is sound.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-1-26 3:50:17 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-1-26 3:50:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 When you google "Hutton Inquiry", the very first link that shows up is the official UK government site for the inquiry. The BBC, Guardian and Times links show up as well. Whatever the BBC is doing, it isn't working.

Posted by Steve White 2004-1-26 5:17:06 PM|| 2004-1-26 5:17:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I must have missed something all these years using google. When I google for 'hutton inquiry' I get 115,000 hits and the first one is not the bbc. In fact, the bbc doesn't show up until number three.

What's this story really about? (Answer: clueless journalists.)

I don't see a paid link to the bbc, did I miss it? (Answer: No, dummy, you didn't read the article first...stop panicking and go to the link!)

Or is this only happening in UK? (Answer: You should be glad Angie is on the job and posting at Rantburg.)

Oh...wait...Angie just explained it...whew! Thanks, Angie.

(Man, you can really tell what trips my trigger, caintcha? Doan mess wif mah google...)

Posted by Quana 2004-1-26 8:14:16 PM|| 2004-1-26 8:14:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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