> From a PR point of view Google has handled this whole privacy debacle very well. Yes, but only because Google allegedly aided the media's preferred candidate

> From a PR point of view Google has handled this whole privacy debacle very well. Yes, but only because Google allegedly aided the media's preferred candidate, while Facebook allegedly aided the candidate that was successful and that the media hated. Google not showing up means the media can sort of just sweep their behavior under the rug, which is good for Google's PR in the minds of Americans who supported the media's favorite candidate....but it's terrible PR for the other half of the country who voted for the other one and sees the bias. You're just not hearing about it much because most of the media leans the same direction Google as a company does. Can you imagine if Mark Zuckerberg hadn't shown up? How big of a story that would have been in almost every single media outlet? Google's only sliding under the radar because the media is helping them slide under the radar. I assure you if Google's policies had aided the winning candidate's campaign - intentionally or not - that would not be the case.