Conspiracy of the week: subtle crypto-fascism at MSN
MSN Search has a neat little “quick facts” search service – if they know the exact answer to a query (e.g., “king of spain”, “babe ruth ERA”), it will display it just above the search results. A recent release announced the addition of 10^6 more facts:
It’s not perfect, of course:
First, there’s the obvious problem that he isn’t. Second, doesn’t “Leader of Germany” usually conjure up images, not of the prime ministership, but of a certain historical political office?