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> Ben Edelman, whose done a damn good job over the years not only watching Google Ben Edelman is a smart fellow; I've known him for 15 years or so. But he is a
by declan 11y ago
> Ben Edelman, whose done a damn good job over the years not only watching Google
Ben Edelman is a smart fellow; I've known him for 15 years or so. But he is a paid Microsoft consultant and advisor. Perhaps he's right on some of these points, but I also suspect that if Microsoft would stop writing him checks very quickly if he suddenly started declaring that Google's actions benefited consumers.
You might as well quote a paid Democratic party consultant doing a "damn good job over the years" describing how evil those dastardly Republicans are.
- throwawaykf05 11y agoWell if we're making those kind of accusations: \* Maybe the FTC would not have dropped the investigation despite finding potential evidence of harm [1] if Google hadn't paid to "honor" the chairman during the investigation [2]. \* And maybe the FTC would not have felt politically pressured to drop the investigation of Google didn't pay more millions than any other tech company to "lobby" the government [3]. I notice that whenever Edelman is mentioned Google apologists such as yourself or Googlers like DannyBee resort to ad hominem attacks rather than address any of the actual arguments he puts out. Do you know if anybody has refuted any of his points? Because I'm genuinely curious. 1. http://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-u-s-antitrust-probe-of-google-1426793274 http://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-u-s-antitrust-probe-o... 2. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-02-28/google-helped-honor-ftc-chairman-during-agency-inquiry http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-02-28/google-hel... 3. http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&year=2014 http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B12&year...