...then you'll love movies about Martin Luther King, and Tina Turner...
"Wal-Mart stirred outrage yesterday when its Web site suggested that shoppers who wanted to buy a "Planet of the Apes" DVD would be interested in biopics of famous black Americans like Martin Luther King Jr.
When visitors to Walmart.com plug in the name of a movie they want, the site also pulls up the name of several other "similar items" they might like.
But in the case of "Planet of the Apes," consumers who clicked on the DVD of the original TV series - a cult classic in which the Earth is ruled by gorillas - were routed to four movies about King, actress Dorothy Dandridge, boxer Jack Johnson and singer Tina Turner."
All one need do is check out Google's ads to see that computer cross referencing of content is ludicrous and doesn't work worth a damn, so folks should be upset. But not for the reasons concerning the "Apes" snafu.
"It's outrageous. I've never heard of anything like that," the Rev. Al Sharpton said when he was told of the pairings."
Don't get out much, do you, Al? Try writing a staunchly conservative blog and having leftwing propaganda ads bombarding your readers and you'll see lots of "anything like that." After a while you realize how funny it is that such ads drive away the folks the idjits were trying to lure, but in your case there's always room for more paranoia that'll make you a few bucks, so sic 'em.
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