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I wrote Google to complain about the "editorializing". Here's their response

Thank you for your note about our search results.

The particular case you refer to is the result of the dynamic nature of
the Internet and Google's reliance on the web's link structure as part of
our search calculation. The order and contents of Google search results
are completely automated. No one hand picks a particular result for a
given search query. Nor does Google ever insert jokes or send
messages by changing the order of results. Occasionally, when a particular
website is the subject of public attention, other sites begin linking to
it. This may elevate its importance as gauged by our ranking software,
which assigns a PageRank value based in part on who links to a given page.


Higher ranking in Google results may lead to more awareness, which may
lead to more links and so on. One side effect of not using an editorial
viewpoint to determine the ranking of results is that anomalies like this
occasionally occur. We view such occasions as opportunities for us to
learn more about how the web works and how to improve our algorithms for
all searches in the future.

Thanks for taking the time to write to us.

Regards,
The Google Team