Nov 302009
 

no-deficit-cure

Good! Very good! I see a bright future for Google in the world of advertising. It could sell bottled sewage, for example, by making the disclaimer: “Drinking bottled sewage is unlikely to decrease cholera incidence. It will probably cut cholera cases worldwide by less than ten percent.”

That’s for another time, though. For now it tried to sell something different:

Google news headline for a Washington Post article: “In health-care reform, no deficit cure.” Google news summary: “Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid’s health-care legislation is projected to cut less than 10 percent from federal deficits over a decade.”

In defense of the Washington Post, it should be pointed out that its article is not nearly as misleading as Google’s summary.