But Google's investment in the infrastructure of the conservative movement goes much deeper than what's been reported this summer.
The company known for its progressive politics is now giving money to the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Republican Governors Association, the GOP firm The David All Group, Crossroads Strategies, the Republican Attorneys General Association and the Republican State Leadership Committee, among others. On Thursday, Google and Fox News cosponsored a Republican presidential debate.
In the last nine months, Google has hired 18 lobbying shops -- not 18 lobbyists, but 18 firms, a dozen of them since July, a head-turning torrent of hiring that also includes consultants not required to register as lobbyists.
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lunes, septiembre 26, 2011
Google investing in conservative groups, lobbyists
They're trying to be more "bipartisan." I guess doing good and surviving in GOP America don't go hand in hand.
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