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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,138 posts)
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 09:59 PM Jul 2013

Please "Google" Mary Cutcher for me and see if this happens to you.

I do and click "News" And then up pop various links to George Zimmerman trial, all of them with this following sentence:

"Sanford police issue a statement calling Mary Cutcher's TV interviews "inconsistent" with her sworn ..."

Then if I search the link for that sentence, it isn't there.

Why does this happen? I tried closing the browser and trying again. Same thing happens.

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Please "Google" Mary Cutcher for me and see if this happens to you. (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 OP
Wow, that is really weird DontTreadOnMe Jul 2013 #1
Maybe this is the answer. DontTreadOnMe Jul 2013 #2
Why just Huffpost coverage though? This is a HUGE trial covered by all media. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 #3
It's making me very upset. If you want to find a friendly "eye/ear witness you get this garbage. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 #4
Check out the difference on Bing MrScorpio Jul 2013 #5
Wow! My question is 1st on the list! SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 #6
How did you do that? Why is it only on your link that this thread comes up? SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 #7
I got that magic! nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #8
When you look at the page source Courtesy Flush Jul 2013 #9
It's been deduced that it's in a comment to a HuffPost article. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 #10
 

DontTreadOnMe

(2,442 posts)
1. Wow, that is really weird
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 10:04 PM
Jul 2013

Every news items starts with this sentence, but as you say, when you click on the item, no where is that statement in the clicked article.

<strong>March 15, 2012</strong> -- Sanford police issue a statement calling Mary Cutcher's TV interviews "inconsistent" with her sworn ...

 

DontTreadOnMe

(2,442 posts)
2. Maybe this is the answer.
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 10:10 PM
Jul 2013

Notice that all the top news links in Google all go to HuffPost's live coverage... so as each article get updated daily with the live trial coverage, there was a comment from a reader that mentioned the "inconsistent" and that key sentence keeps getting responded to... thus the articles that are updated daily are all still under that one comment thread... that people keep responding to...


it's very confusing. But the reader comments and then ALL the responses aslo get queried by Google.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,138 posts)
3. Why just Huffpost coverage though? This is a HUGE trial covered by all media.
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 10:46 PM
Jul 2013

Is Google censoring? Mary Cutcher would most definitely be a friendly witness for the prosecution. I wanted to find her testimony. I haven't been following it very closely because of the emotions involved. I can't even find if she has testified as I keep getting either old news items from a year ago, or this weird stuff.

example of old story when Googling "Mary Cutcher" under 'search': http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/04/witnesses_mary_cutcher_and_selma_mora_offer_their_account_of_what_happened_the_night_trayvon_martin_died_.html

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,138 posts)
4. It's making me very upset. If you want to find a friendly "eye/ear witness you get this garbage.
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 11:01 PM
Jul 2013

I'd at least like to figure out a way to counter the comment about the "inconsistent" testimony with my own response and bump it from the top of the Google search.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,138 posts)
6. Wow! My question is 1st on the list!
Tue Jul 2, 2013, 10:56 PM
Jul 2013

Quite a difference. I wonder why that one comment keeps popping up on the Google search though.

Courtesy Flush

(4,558 posts)
9. When you look at the page source
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 10:41 AM
Jul 2013

The quote is there, but not visible on the page. Google isn't known for picking up hidden text and using it as a page summary.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,138 posts)
10. It's been deduced that it's in a comment to a HuffPost article.
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 03:47 PM
Jul 2013

I'm going to have to flush cookies or something. I'm not sure what to do, as Google is my preferred default. Or is it?

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