Google Has Rough News Day

[Omaha Steve]

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Submitted by Doug Cunningham on August 5, 2010 - 4:29pm
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Thursday was a rough news day for Google, the company with the motto “do no evil.” Jesse Russell reports:

The day started off with the New York Times reporting that two anonymous sources said Google was close to making a deal with Verizon wireless that could established a tiered internet where service providers could charge certain content providers for speedier service. As the day went on both Google and Verizon denied the story in the Times saying they both support an open Internet. Then, in the afternoon, the California Supreme Court ruled that an age discrimination complaint filed by a former executive at Google could move forward to trial. Brian Reid, a former engineering director who was fired in 2004 when he was 54, said co-workers and supervisors had determined he was not a “cultural fit” and allegedly described him as a “sluggish” “old man.” Google said it looks forward to defending the case in court and demonstrating the “legitimate” and “nondiscriminatory reasons” under which Reid was fired.

[havocmom]

1. Thanks, OS

Hadn't heard about that age discrimination case. The terms they used sure makes it look like Brian Reid has a pretty good case.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. The terms THEY used

The "they" in the story are the lawyers and representatives of the man suing.

I would offer that Google has suffered nothing more than a "whisper" campaign of innuendo and rumor. Nothing in the OP could be reasonably construed as proof of anything.