There's more than a few problems with using Google as an instrument of popularity, but it's use as such in reporting has snowballed out of control, writes Lionel Beehner today. Besides, journalists should use Google as its intended: for finding hot pictures of post-teen pre-op trannies and soccer moms. (Or the new hot porn trope: Dirty Nascar Dads). The internet is for porn, not journalism, ya bastards.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Google [Mediabistro]