AOL: George Bush not "Miserable Failure"

[Robb]

Robb's note: This missed the sell-by date for LBN, but I hadn't seen it discussed here.

George W. Bush Not ÔMiserable FailureÓ Says AOL

Up until yesterday, when someone typed in Ômiserable failureÕ into the AOL search engine, the top result listed was a link to President BushÕs Biography. However, AOL removed the listing yesterday from its cobranded Google results without comment. Ironically, AOL did not remove the links Democrats such as Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Jimmy Carter that also appear on searches, as well as filmmaker Michael Moore. Is this a political move by AOL/Time Warner? Are they trying to prove a point via media censorship?

The Search Engine Journal decided to look into this further.

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This is not the first time AOL has been accused of censoring their network for political reasons.

In 2000, CNET News reported that AOLÕs Òyouth filtersÓ were preventing young surfers from accessing liberal websites; Òyour children can easily view the site of the Republican National Committee,Ó Brian Livingston reported at the time, Òbut the Democratic National Committee is blocked.Ó

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[pink_poodle]

1. Oh. So he just looks/acts like it then. -nm

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[Deja Q]

2. off-topic, GWB* isn't top runner anymore. How can I help to get GWB back

as the "I'm feeling lucky" button choice in google? Michael Moore, who's far less of a failure than *, is now the front runner. x(

Yeah, if AOL is censoring Dem sites... x(

[waywest]

3. Entering Miserable Failure in AOL search engine..

should pop up a mirror!
Why subject yourself to such drivel. It's a big web, folks.

[demgrrrll]

4. What is "ironic" about AOL not changing Hillary? I fail to understand

how that action is ironic.