[kictanet] Are the American Internet Giants Politically Agnostic?

[Dennis Kioko]

Google isn't tampering with Hillary's results, and here is the evidence
http://www.snopes.com/google-manipulate-hillary-clinton/

On Sun, 12 Jun 2016, 10:23 Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet, <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> I think its a broad issue that is engrained in the power structure
> corporates have in the political landscape in the US. If we been following
> the recent campaign trail (Hillary vs. Sanders) you would notice that
> Delegates and Super Delegates get to gravitate to Hillary in the primaries
> - which is the power establishment tends to support Hillary. Word is that
> the power establishment is strongly tied to corporate interests. The
> funding sources for political campaigns for these 2 candidates is something
> worth noting with what you have already raised, Ali. (with Hillary
> primarily being funded by corporations and Sanders from organizations such
> as human rights movements). We all understand how powerful tech
> corporations in the US are not only in the US but also in the global
> landscape.
>
> Even Trump himself has boasted about the fact that he does not get
> sponsored by the elitist establishments (the corporations in the US), if
> Sanders is not being primarily funded by these corporate entities who else
> is Trump really talking about?
>
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Listers
>>
>> First there there was the hullabaloo about Facebook 'doctoring' its
>> trending feeds and now there is the thingi about Google allegedly tweaking
>> its algorithms to favor Hillary Clinton. If you are like me and have
>> watched Season 4 of House of Cards you can start to begin appreciating how
>> technology companies have come to loom large in political contests.
>>
>> As we in Kenya enter electioneering period (no matter that the elections
>> are over a year away!) this issue will come to the fore too in our local
>> politics.
>>
>>
>> http://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/google-cahoots-clinton-campaign/304442/?utm_source=daily_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage&ttl=1466205792
>>
>>
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>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>
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