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Google and God less trusted than supermarkets? It Asda be a joke Google and God less trusted than supermarkets? It Asda be a joke
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For internet-addicted Britons, placing faith in a higher being might well mean having to trust in search giant Google. But that would come as no surprise to the researchers behind a Future of Britain survey published on Tuesday, which found that Google is on a par with God in terms of public trust. The Daily Mail reports that 17% of the study's respondents said they trusted the omnipresent force (Google, that is) – exactly the same number as those who placed their trust in religion. However, both were less trusted than horsemeat-tainted supermarkets Asda and Tesco, according to the survey. There's neigh accounting for that.For internet-addicted Britons, placing faith in a higher being might well mean having to trust in search giant Google. But that would come as no surprise to the researchers behind a Future of Britain survey published on Tuesday, which found that Google is on a par with God in terms of public trust. The Daily Mail reports that 17% of the study's respondents said they trusted the omnipresent force (Google, that is) – exactly the same number as those who placed their trust in religion. However, both were less trusted than horsemeat-tainted supermarkets Asda and Tesco, according to the survey. There's neigh accounting for that.
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