I don't get this. The guy works for a think tank that is paid for by google and schmidt. So he is kind of an external PR person for google (put simply). Then he

I don't get this. The guy works for a think tank that is paid for by google and schmidt. So he is kind of an external PR person for google (put simply). Then he writes something negative about them and gets fired. So he got fired for not doing his job (or doing the opposite of his job). Why is anyone surprised he got fired, including himself?