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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Google CEO's Controversial Anti-Privacy Statements Edited From CNN Show

The recent disgusting comments uttered by Google's CEO Eric Schmidt never saw the light of day on CNN. The offending comments were edited out of the Parker Spitzer show, even after the clip had been made available on CNN.com and "other media outlets". Why edit it out? Perhaps CNN wanted to lessen the impact of his vile speech. Perhaps Google asked them to edit it out (they deny this)...
Either way, the big losers are the Truth, transparency, and of course the poor saps who trust Google with their info...

(hollywoodreporter)
Google CEO Eric Schmidt's blase advice for people who don't want their privacy violated by his site's Street View cars -- just "move" -- was edited out of a CNN broadcast.

Schmidt defended the Google Street View cars, which have been found to illegally swipe e-mails and passwords, on CNN's Parker Spitzer: "Street View, we drive exactly once. So, you can just move, right?"

When pressed by co-host Kathleen Parker, Schmidt laughed, which made it unclear if he was joking. The exchange was shown in a preview clip on CNN.com, but edited out of the show broadcast last Friday.

Said CNN in a statement to the Wall Street Journal's All Things D, "Producers routinely make editorial decisions about what sound bites to include in their shows. In this case, the clip was posted on cnn.com and disseminated to other media outlets and was widely available."

The network said Google did not ask that the clip be edited out...
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