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Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by Sebguer on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:17AM (#20441604)
Project Veritas has historically operated by guiding people into saying something ridiculous, either by themselves acting ridiculous (and convincing the person they're talking to that they're crazy) or just driving the conversation to ridiculous areas.

Maybe this Google 'expose' is the first time they're not guilty of that, but anyone who still finds them credible after their last several blatant mischaracterizations is far more forgiving than I would be.

Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by izacus on Monday July 15, 2019 @02:34PM (#20443718)
Jen Gennai had this to say in her article https://medium.com/@gennai.jen/this-is-not-how-i-expected-mo... :

" ... Project Veritas has edited the video to make it seem that I am a powerful executive who was confirming that Google is working to alter the 2020 election. On both counts, this is absolute, unadulterated nonsense, of course. In a casual restaurant setting, I was explaining how Google’s Trust and Safety team (a team I used to work on) is working to help prevent the types of online foreign interference that happened in 2016. Google has been very public about the work that our teams have done since 2016 on this, so it’s hardly a revelation. The video then goes on to stitch together a series of debunked conspiracy theories about our search results, and our other products. ... "

Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by EdSharkey on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:35AM (#20441801)
The jester's job is to criticise the tyrant in his own court. Just enjoy the show.