Even Your Tax Dollars Are Buying AdWords

Not content to leave Tom Cruise alone in a self-promotional Adwords Campaign, the American Government is buying Adwords units in defense of American Foreign Policy.

The ad (pictured right) reads “Peace & Security, Creating security through improved relations and cooperation” and links through to a page on America.gov with a motto of “Telling America’s Story.” The page includes stories on Syria and Nuclear Reactors, Terrorists and other Bush Administration foreign policy news.

It’s not clear whether this ad is being displayed within the United States itself, or simply to the rest of the world. Taxpayer money well spent, or waste-of-money propaganda via Adsense units? You can be the judge.

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[investorslive:]

Interesting ...

2008 May 05 12:59 PM

[davboz:]

And to think that at one time it was a story that couldn't wait to be told.
As much as I agree with SOME of what USA has done lately, our communication (the prez) has been poor, and at times laughable.
Anti-U.S. propaganda has had a running start for many years now.
This might not be the "best" way but it is a start.
After all, isn't most of that GOOGLE advertising linking to spam and quick rip-offs anyway? At the very worst, were in similar company, right? At best, the messages are acceptably honest and can correct hopefully many of the misconceptions about things.

2008 May 05 01:13 PM

[davboz:]

Actually, at worst case, seeing these messages would further motivate cyber-attackers of the most determined kind.
Probably all of the above and everything in-between.

2008 May 05 03:10 PM