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Forrest · 02-20-2008, 04:17 AM

The Economist is one of the most credible newspapers of the last century and a half. The name is a bit misleading, and despite the authoritative place in the media ... they run lighter stories from time to time. One covered the market rules that apply to the price of hired murder.

They looked into Google data, accurate to yesterday, and ranked the words and phrases that are searched for most often with the word conspiracy in the query. The results are interesting, and not quite what you'd expect:

Conspiracy theories | The hidden hand | Economist.com

James Lewitzke · 02-20-2008, 04:23 AM

Welcome to the Conspiracy Forums, Forrest

James Lewitzke · 02-20-2008, 04:24 AM

You're right, there are many on that list I did not suspect, however 9/11 is one them. It occurred during the information age and many people are probably still looking for answers on just what happened that day.

Pertaining to Google, I wonder if there's any specific queries they intentionally left off the list, or why the query *had* to have the term "conspiracy" within it.

**In Lak'esh** · 02-24-2008, 02:30 PM

Clever equivocation by economist.com. Do any of you honestly believe 'Elvis' google search was specifically about a conspiracy!? Worthless mind games.

James Lewitzke · 02-24-2008, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by In Lak'esh

Do any of you honestly believe 'Elvis' google search was specifically about a conspiracy!? Worthless mind games.

All the search queries had the word "conspiracy" contained within them. So it would be something like: Elvis Conspiracy

02-20-2008, 04:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
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James Lewitzke Administrator Recent Blog Post: New HTML Attribute Values For Everyone Name: James Posts: 339 Rep:	You're right, there are many on that list I did not suspect, however 9/11 is one them. It occurred during the information age and many people are probably still looking for answers on just what happened that day. Pertaining to Google, I wonder if there's any specific queries they intentionally left off the list, or why the query had to have the term "conspiracy" within it. __________________ Conspiracy-Forums Rules Lightningshock.com - My Blog

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02-24-2008, 02:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
In Lak'esh Conspiracy Buff Posts: 91 Rep:	Clever equivocation by economist.com. Do any of you honestly believe 'Elvis' google search was specifically about a conspiracy!? Worthless mind games.