Google To Murdoch--'Whatever, Man'

Google shrugs off Rupert Murdoch's threat to bar the search engine from listing his media outlets' content. Amazing how things work when there's a wide variety of voices available on a given platform.

Speaking of the anti-Net Neutrality crowd Comcast doesn't just want to buy NBC, it lookslike they want to buy a few votes for when Congress gets around to net neutrality. The Center for Responsive Politics' Lindsay Renick Mayer writes, "Although Comcast is not a top all-time donor to federal politics, the company has given $1 million to candidates and lawmakers so far this year and has spent $9.1 million on lobbying." Leading the pack, Pennsylvania Democrat Robert Brady with $91,650. Brady is one of 72 Democrats to send a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asking that the FCC "carefully consider the full range of potential consequences that government action may have on network investment."