The Plot to Kill Google

Wired by Nicholas Thompson, Fred Vogelstein | Jan. 23, 2009 (Special Report)

The bid to stop the Yahoo deal was just one front in an emerging multipronged war against Google. The company's growth, ambitions, and politics have made it a target of some of the country's most powerful businesses and interest groups. When Google pressed the Federal Communications Commission to reallocate "white space"—unused chunks of radio spectrum—for wireless broadband and other uses, it ran into a counter-lobbying effort that included everyone ... Full Story »

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by Caroline O'Connor - Jan. 23, 2009

This is a great attempt to craft an interesting narrative out of an extremely complex, potentially dull subject. But it's a little too glossy, some of the context seems to get lost. Has the DOJ really only turned down one merger in the last 7 years? If so, why were they so intent on scuttling the google yahoo deal? Anonymous sources seem to suggest that it was microsoft's influence, but it's hard to believe that they would have any pull with the DOJ. And did Microsoft also convince the non-profits to campaign against the Google/Yahoo deal? It just seems improbably, and I'm not given enough facts to judge for myself.