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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

AP googlebombs vice presidential hopeful

Apparently there's an election coming in the US, and John McCain might pick former Democrat Joe Lieberman as his vice presidential candidate. But not if Associated Press, the news wire so beloved of bloggers, has anything to do with it: one writer called him "the Democratic vice-presidential prick in 2000" in a story, which quickly spread online since AP gets syndicated online widely without checks. AP editors have put it down to a 'typo' - but we know the truth: it was an attempt to googlebomb him out of the Veep race.

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