the inline result is actively harmful. I don't understand how Google have got themselves to this spot even though it seems an 'obviously' very serious problem.

the inline result is actively harmful. I don't understand how Google have got themselves to this spot even though it seems an 'obviously' very serious problem. Both the 'card' and 'inline' results suggest some sort of curation, a greater googly authoritativeness. They introduce a sort of hierarchy of trust - this result is more trustworthy than the potentially less trustworthy generic search result. Then it's all thrown away by these 'curated' results being bad or worse. It's hard to square this with the knowledge there are piles of smart people at Google whose expertise and responsibilities involve exactly that kind of stuff.