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From the JD's perspective - one of justifying COPA - I could see some need for supporting data. But how they analyze and represent what they're given will be whatever generates the scariest picture. That's fishing. I'm not sure it's legally out of bounds, but it's certainly an opportunity for abuse. It would be less questionable if they provided the criteria and allowed the search providers to return counts and statistics.
This feels very tied up with TV/movie/game/music ratings and how we monitor the messages fed to minors. It's a deep topic, and I know we need to do a better job, but this stinks of a small-picture attack that'll make any real analysis more difficult. Wish I had more time to consider this right now...
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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