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Google has taken the unprecedented step of burying material, mostly from websites on the political right, that it has deemed to be inappropriate. The problem, however, is that the world’s largest search engine is a left-leaning company with an ax to grind.<\/p>\n

Let’s face it, deep down in our heart of hearts we knew the honeymoon wouldn’t last forever. Our willingness to place eternal faith in an earth-straddling company that oversees the largest collection of information ever assembled was doomed to end in a bitter divorce from the start. After all, each corporation, just like humans, has their own political proclivities, and Google is certainly no exception. But we aren’t talking about your average car company here.<\/p>\n

The first sign Google would eventually become more of a political liability than a public utility was revealed in 2005 when CEO Eric Schmidt (who is now executive chairman of Alphabet,<\/span> Inc<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Google’s parent company) sat down with interviewer Charlie Rose, who asked Schmidt to explain\u00a0“where the future of search is going.”<\/p>\n

Schmidt’s response should have triggered alarm bells across the free world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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