This seems pretty nuts. Correct me if it’s something completely in the ordinary for a federal agency:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has bought a Google advertisement to steer people searching for “ObamaCare” to a page that is customized to detect searchers’ locations and steer them both to local health insurance information and to a list of “what’s in the law for you.”Is this customary? Or is this the government using your tax dollars to steer Google searches to pages which feature only complimentary content about the most unpopular pieces of legislation from this administration?
“We are using a bunch of search term[s] to help point people to HealthCare.gov. Part of our online efforts to help get accurate information to people about the new law (i.e. also use Facebook, Twitter, blogs and webcasts),” an HHS official confirmed by e-mail.
http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2010/12/19/creepy-hhs-buys-obamacare-steers-searches-to-propaganda/
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