{"id":123601,"date":"2018-09-12T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T23:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=123601"},"modified":"2023-08-14T04:45:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T12:45:18","slug":"leaked-video-google-leaderships-dismayed-reaction-to-trump-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=123601","title":{"rendered":"LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership\u2019s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_vbt8fh\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vbt8fh\",\"div\":\"rumble_vbt8fh\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>00:00 Google&#8217;s left-wing bias<br \/>\n20:00 Stephen Miller&#8217;s Reform rabbi at 9yo goes after Miller again<br \/>\n52:00 Serena Williams&#8217; outbursts at US Open, cartoon controversy<br \/>\n1:22:00 Tonight Show cancels Norm McDonald for downplaying #MeToo<br \/>\n1:28:00 Angry lesbian Aussie comic Hannah Gadsby<br \/>\n1:35:00 Lyz Lenz disses Tucker Carlson in CJR<br \/>\n1:47:00 Tenured prof suspended for revealing his university&#8217;s fake publishing racket (pay for publish)<br \/>\n1:54:00 Quillette: Academic Activists Send a Published Paper Down the Memory Hole<br \/>\n2:00:00 Bob Woodward &#8211; not as great as I thought<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2018\/09\/12\/leaked-video-google-leaderships-dismayed-reaction-to-trump-election\/\">From Breitbart<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A video recorded by Google shortly after the 2016 presidential election reveals an atmosphere of panic and dismay amongst the tech giant\u2019s leadership, coupled with a determination to thwart both the Trump agenda and the broader populist movement emerging around the globe.<br \/>\nThe video is a full recording of Google\u2019s first all-hands meeting following the 2016 election (these weekly meetings are known inside the company as \u201cTGIF\u201d or \u201cThank God It\u2019s Friday\u201d meetings). Sent to Breitbart News by an anonymous source, it features co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, VPs Kent Walker and Eileen Naughton, CFO Ruth Porat, and CEO Sundar Pichai. It can be watched in full above. It can and should be watched in full above in order to get the full context of the meeting and the statements made.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported earlier this week that Google tried to boost turnout among the Latino population to help Hillary Clinton, only to be dismayed as the usually solid Democratic voting bloc switched to the GOP in record numbers. This video shows a similar level of dismay among Google\u2019s most high-profile figures.<\/p>\n<p>These individuals, who preside over a company with unrivaled influence over the flow of information, can be seen disparaging the motivations of Trump voters and plotting ways to use their vast resources to thwart the Trump agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Co-founder Sergey Brin can be heard comparing Trump supporters to fascists and extremists. Brin argues that like other extremists, Trump voters were motivated by \u201cboredom,\u201d which he says in the past led to fascism and communism.<\/p>\n<p>The Google co-founder then asks his company to consider what it can do to ensure a \u201cbetter quality of governance and decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VP for Global Affairs Kent Walker argues that supporters of populist causes like the Trump campaign are motivated by \u201cfear, xenophobia, hatred, and a desire for answers that may or may not be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Walker says that Google should fight to ensure the populist movement \u2013 not just in the U.S. but around the world \u2013 is merely a \u201cblip\u201d and a \u201chiccup\u201d in a historical arc that \u201cbends toward progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CEO Sundar Pichai states that the company will develop machine learning and A.I. to combat what an employee described as \u201cmisinformation\u201d shared by \u201clow-information voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Key moments from the video can be found at the following timestamps:<\/p>\n<p>(00:00:00 \u2013 00:01:12) Google co-founder Sergey Brin states that the weekly meeting is \u201cprobably not the most joyous we\u2019ve had\u201d and that \u201cmost people here are pretty upset and pretty sad.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:00:24) Brin contrasts the disappointment of Trump\u2019s election with his excitement at the legalization of cannabis in California, triggering laughs and applause from the audience of Google employees.<br \/>\n(00:01:12) Returning to seriousness, Brin says he is \u201cdeeply offen[ded]\u201d by the election of Trump, and that the election \u201cconflicts with many of [Google\u2019s] values.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:09:10) Trying to explain the motivations of Trump supporters, Senior VP for Global Affairs, Kent Walker concludes: \u201cfear, not just in the United States, but around the world is fueling concerns, xenophobia, hatred, and a desire for answers that may or may not be there.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:09:35) Walker goes on to describe the Trump phenomenon as a sign of \u201ctribalism that\u2019s self-destructive [in] the long-term.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:09:55) Striking an optimistic tone, Walker assures Google employees that despite the election, \u201chistory is on our side\u201d and that the \u201cmoral arc of history bends towards progress.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:10:45) Walker approvingly quotes former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi\u2019s comparison between \u201cthe world of the wall\u201d with its \u201cisolation and defensiveness\u201d and the \u201cworld of the square, the piazza, the marketplace, where people come together into a community and enrich each other\u2019s lives.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:13:10) CFO Ruth Porat appears to break down in tears when discussing the election result.<br \/>\n(00:15:20) Porat promises that Google will \u201cuse the great strength and resources and reach we have to continue to advance really important values.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:16:50) Stating \u201cwe all need a hug,\u201d she then instructs the audience of Google employees to hug the person closest to them.<br \/>\n(00:20:24) Eileen Noughton, VP of People Operations, promises that Google\u2019s policy team in DC is \u201call over\u201d the immigration issue and that the company will \u201ckeep a close watch on it.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:21:26) Noughton jokes about Google employees asking, \u2018Can I move to Canada?\u2019 after the election. She goes on to seriously discuss the options available to Google employees who wish to leave the country.<br \/>\n(00:23:12) Noughton does acknowledge \u201cdiversity of opinion and political persuasion\u201d and notes that she has heard from conservative Google employees who say they \u201chaven\u2019t felt entirely comfortable revealing who [they] are.\u201d and urged \u201ctolerance.\u201d (Several months later, the company would fire James Damore allegedly for disagreeing with progressive narratives.)<br \/>\n(00:27:00) Responding to a question about \u201cfilter bubbles,\u201d Sundar Pichai promises to work towards \u201ccorrecting\u201d Google\u2019s role in them<br \/>\n(00:27:30) Sergey Brin praises an audience member\u2019s suggestion of increasing matched Google employee donations to progressive groups.<br \/>\n(00:34:40) Brin compares Trump voters to \u201cextremists,\u201d arguing for a correlation between the economic background of Trump supporters and the kinds of voters who back extremist movements. Brin says that \u201cvoting is not a rational act\u201d and that not all of Trump\u2019s support can be attributed to \u201cincome disparity.\u201d He suggests that Trump voters might have been motivated by boredom rather than legitimate concerns.<br \/>\n(00:49:10) An employee asks if Google is willing to \u201cinvest in grassroots, hyper-local efforts to bring tools and services and understanding of Google products and knowledge\u201d so that people can \u201cmake informed decisions that are best for themselves.\u201d Pichai\u2019s response: Google will ensure its \u201ceducational products\u201d reach \u201csegments of the population [they] are not [currently] fully reaching.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:54:33) An employee asks what Google is going to do about \u201cmisinformation\u201d and \u201cfake news\u201d shared by \u201clow-information voters.\u201d Pichai responds by stating that \u201cinvestments in machine learning and AI\u201d are a \u201cbig opportunity\u201d to fix the problem.<br \/>\n(00:56:12) Responding to an audience member, Walker says Google must ensure the rise of populism doesn\u2019t turn into \u201ca world war or something catastrophic \u2026 and instead is a blip, a hiccup.\u201d<br \/>\n(00:58:22) Brin compares Trump voters to supporters of fascism and communism, linking the former movement to \u201cboredom,\u201d which Brin previously linked to Trump voters. \u201cIt sort of sneaks up sometimes, really bad things\u201d says Brin.<br \/>\n(01:01:15) A Google employee states: \u201cspeaking to white men, there\u2019s an opportunity for you right now to understand your privilege\u201d and urges employees to \u201cgo through the bias-busting training, read about privilege, read about the real history of oppression in our country.\u201d He urges employees to \u201cdiscuss the issues you are passionate about during Thanksgiving dinner and don\u2019t back down and laugh it off when you hear the voice of oppression speak through metaphors.\u201d Every executive on stage \u2013 the CEO, CFO, two VPs and the two Co-founders \u2013 applaud the employee.<br \/>\n(01:01:57) An audience member asks if the executives see \u201canything positive from this election result.\u201d The audience of Google employees, and the executives on stage, burst into laughter. \u201cBoy, that\u2019s a really tough one right now\u201d says Brin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.counter-currents.com\/2018\/09\/jack-ryan-viewed-from-the-right\/\">Jack Ryan Viewed from the Right<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/online-only\/online-only\/dupe-throat\/\">Dupe Throat: Bob Woodward\u2019s self-parody<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2018\/09\/12\/youve-set-back-jewish-contribution-stephen-millers-former-rabbi-issues-fiery-rebuke-rosh-hashanah\/?noredirect=on&#038;utm_term=.09cc8aa36833\">WP: \u2018You\u2019ve set back the Jewish contribution\u2019: Stephen Miller\u2019s former rabbi issues fiery rebuke on Rosh Hashanah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/11\/style\/beauty-diversity.html?action=click&#038;module=Features&#038;pgtype=Homepage\">NYT: Beauty Is More Diverse Than Ever. But Is It Diverse Enough?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-09-11\/sessions-is-said-to-be-open-to-probe-of-social-media-giants\">Sessions Open to Probe of Social Media Giants, Sources Say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/digital\/features\/youtube-creators-alisha-marie-michelle-phan-1202919304\/\">Variety: Are YouTube\u2019s Algorithms Fueling Creator Burnout?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2018\/09\/07\/academic-activists-send-a-published-paper-down-the-memory-hole\/\">Academic Activists Send a Published Paper Down the Memory Hole<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So she&#39;s like Bill Hicks, if Bill Hicks were a tedious, school marm-ish lesbian. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q8DNWbRZCt\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q8DNWbRZCt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Giant Iceberg of Hate (@Anti_Gnostic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anti_Gnostic\/status\/1039674554933813248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/24\/arts\/hannah-gadsby-comedy-nanette.html\">The Comedy-Destroying, Soul-Affirming Art of Hannah Gadsby<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tenured prof is suspended without pay from his university after exposing the widespread practice of paying-to-get-published at his institution <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YCi0FAQWAr\">https:\/\/t.co\/YCi0FAQWAr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clairlemon\/status\/1028450355703504896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m awake, watched this again and I\u2019m angry again. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just appalling how happy these assholes are to destroy the moral and cultural foundations of the country for ratings, a quick buck, or some partisan edge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Crl7Ms2KEI\">https:\/\/t.co\/Crl7Ms2KEI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattyglesias\/status\/1038386595332804610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/lyz-lenz\/sorry-my-boobs-dont-want-to-hang-out-with-you_b_4985678.html\">Sorry, My Boobs Don\u2019t Want To Hang Out With You&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/the_profile\/tucker-carlson.php\">The mystery of Tucker Carlson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/sports-life\/newspaper-doubles-down-with-front-page-response-to-serena-williams-cartoon-critics\/news-story\/71c6c1c9b496bac955c806d6ab5e9bc0\">Newspaper doubles down with front page response to Serena Williams cartoon critics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>00:00 Google&#8217;s left-wing bias 20:00 Stephen Miller&#8217;s Reform rabbi at 9yo goes after Miller again 52:00 Serena Williams&#8217; 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