2004-10-08, 02:10 AM
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註冊日期: 2002-05-28
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美國副總統錢尼錯把.org說成.com的結果，都成了今天幾個國外主要媒體如BBC, CNN，華盛頓郵報的政治頭版新聞，顯示外國人對網路的重視程度。尤其是這個被說錯的.com站長將該網址直接轉址到億萬富翁索羅斯的個人網站www.georgesoros.com去，而索羅斯正是全力反對布希總統的重量級金融人士之一，所以錢尼的一個口誤，反讓對手找到反擊機會，據說自從錢尼說出錯誤的網址之後，被轉址到索羅斯的網站每秒高達一百次的存取(換成sedo流量不賺翻了?)。
以下是BBC和CNN的原文，記錄在此。
引用:
CNN:
Cheney slip sends Net surfers to anti-Bush site Wednesday, October 6, 2004 Posted: 5:11 PM EDT (2111 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- All he wanted were the facts. But Dick Cheney ended up generating confusion-- and lots of it.
A slip of the tongue by the vice president during Tuesday night's debate with Sen. John Edwards led Web surfers to a site run by George Soros, a billionaire who makes no secret of his opposition to the Bush administration.
In answering a question about his involvement with Halliburton, Cheney meant to direct people to FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan site run by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center. He urged people watching the debate to go to the site for facts countering Edwards' statements about the corporation Cheney used to run.
But Cheney cited FactCheck.com, a for-profit advertising site based in the Cayman Islands.
The company decided to redirect traffic to the Soros site after it became inundated with hits -- about 100 a second after the debate, John Berryhill, a Philadelphia lawyer for FactCheck.com, said Wednesday.
"This was to relieve stress on the service and to express a political point of view," said Berryhill, who spoke with the site's administrators shortly after the debate ended.
They picked Soros not only for his political views, Berryhill said, but because the billionaire could afford the costly deluge of hits the site would receive in the wake of the debate. Plus, the site administrators didn't want to point surfers to a candidate's site that was asking for money.
Web site operators typically pay fees to the companies that host their sites. The more hits a site receives, the more its operator pays.
Soros was not advised of the switch and did not know it had taken place until Wednesday, said a spokesman, Jeremy Ben-Ami.
"We are as surprised as anyone by this turn of events but certainly encourage voters to visit both of these valuable sites," Michael Vachon, a senior aide to Soros, said in a statement.
An unprecedented number of visitors to FactCheck.org caused the site to crash several times Wednesday, said Brooks Jackson, the site's director
BBC:
Web blunder boosts Bush bashers
A slip of the tongue by Dick Cheney has given a boost to anti-Bush campaigners.
During a televised debate Mr Cheney told viewers to visit factcheck.com when answering accusations by vice presidential nominee John Edwards.
But rather than being the address of a project to check the facts politicians use, the site merely hosts adverts.
Soon after being mentioned, it began redirecting visitors to the website of billionaire George Soros, who is very critical of the Bush administration.
Site seeing
The opening page of the Soros website displays a banner headline reading: "President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests and undermining American values."
Mr Cheney's slip was caused by him wrongly recalling the web address of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Center which lives at factcheck.org.
The vice president mentioned Factcheck.com when Mr Edwards tackled him about his time as chief executive of oil services firm Halliburton, which has won a lot of government work in Iraq.
Defending himself Mr Cheney said his opponent was using Halliburton as a smokescreen and anyone wanting the proper facts should look on the web.
More than 44 million people watched the televised debate between Mr Cheney and Mr Edwards.
Reports suggest that thousands turned to the web to find out for themselves.
As traffic to the Factcheck.com ad site mushroomed, its owners decided to re-direct people to Georgesoros.com.
"This was to relieve stress on the service and to express a political point of view," said a spokesman for Factcheck.com.
At the busiest times more than 100 people per second were visiting Factcheck.com.
'Mostly right'
Soon after the re-directing started, Mr Soros' site posted a notice explaining that it did not own the Factcheck.com website and was not responsible for the diversion.
Mr Cheney could not even win support from the Factcheck.org website.
In a statement the site's editors said the vice president "wrongly implied that we had rebutted allegations Edwards was making about what Cheney had done as chief executive officer of Halliburton."
"In fact we did post an article pointing out that Cheney hasn't profited personally while in office from Halliburton's Iraq contracts, as falsely implied by a Kerry TV ad," the statement said.
It concluded: "Edwards was talking about Cheney's responsibility for earlier Halliburton troubles. And in fact, Edwards was mostly right."
索羅斯個人對此事的聲明：
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Concerning FactCheck.com
While I want to get my message out, I certainly do not want to force it on people. I apologize to those who were annoyed by FactCheck.com redirecting to GeorgeSoros.com, but I'm also pleased that I may have reached some people who would not otherwise have known about the site.
Once we became aware of what was happening, my spokesman issued the following statement:
"Neither George Soros nor any organization or company with which he is affiliated owns the FactCheck.com domain name, and we are not responsible for it redirecting visitors to our site. We believe that Vice President Cheney intended to direct viewers of last night's debate to FactCheck.org. We are as surprised as anyone by this turn of events but certainly encourage voters to visit both of these valuable sites."
There has been much speculation, on sites such as Josh Marshall's and others, as to what occurred, and a recent AP story clarifies the details. I welcome all visitors to my website, and hope that whether you are here inadvertently or not, you will take the time to read my message.
posted by George Soros @ 10/06/2004 05:53:49 PM EST.
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