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Google This Ploy
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What is notable in the post, however, are two calls to do a Google search using specific search terms that are presented verbatim in quotation marks; loosely translated, the post suggests at the very beginning, to ‘Google “effect of carbon dioxide on the climate”’ and as a final statement that seems to sum up the post and give it a final legitimacy: ‘Go ahead and google “cheating in the climate debate.”’
signposting to ‘googling’
appeals to ‘googling’
the appeal to ‘google’ co-opts Google as a seemingly impartial information broker