googles problem here is they are highly deceptive to consumers, web sites, and to advertisers. >> scott cleland is the author of "search and destroy, why you cannot trust google." scott alto is the -- our guest is with the hill newspaper. >> chairman eric schmidt, in response to some of your concerns, he indicated that you will believe providing the answers is in the consumer's interest. he was quick to point out that customers are free to use one of the alternative search services, which in many cases of similar augmented search features as you are describing. it sounds like you are arguing that search is a distinct market that is special and needs to be regulated. can you explain exactly what you would like to see take place crest or >> i don't believe it should be regulated. surge is not a separate market, because google argued it was. if you follow them in how they represented themselves in their ipo, how they talk about themselves under sec regulations to investors, they said search advertising is different. it is interactive and based on intention. in a court of law, if they try and said

about google's business practices and this week's hearing, but first we want to introduce you to scott cleland. mr. cleland is the publisher or the president of precursor, he's also the publisher of a publication called google monitor.com and author of the book "search and destroy: why you can't trust google inc.." mr. cleland, is google worthy of being investigated by the ftc and the senate antitrust subcommittee? >> guest: yes, it is. um, it has, um, more viles of antitrust law than any company in the last four years. had four official ones. and they're being investigated on three different continents. and just in august they were, um, they pleaded guilty in a noncriminal, nonprosecution agreement of promoting illegal pharmacy sales. so, um, and they have a lot of other issues that have put them under the spotlight. so it's deed. >> host: -- deserved. >> host: do you think they're a victim of their own success because of their size? >> guest: no. they're a victim of some very radical views, and that is they don't believe the law applies to them. they don't respect other people's property rig

but first we want to introduce you to scott cleland to read mr. cleland is the publisher or the president of precursor. he's also the publisher of a publication called googlemonitor.com and author of the book search and destroy why you can't trust google. mr. cleland, ase google worthy of being investigated by the ftc and the senate antitrust committee? >> yes it is. it has more formulations on the antitrust law than any company in the last four years. i've had four official ones and they are being investigated on three different continents, and just in august, they pleaded guilty in a noncriminal mom prosecution agreement of promoting illegal pharmacy sales. and they have a lot of other issues that have put them under the spotlight so it's deserved. >> do you think they are a victim of their own success because of their size? >> yeah, they are a victim of a very radical views and that is they don't believe the law applies to them. they don't respect other people's property rights. they don't respect privacy. they believe in a radical transparency

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. >> a look at competition and google's business practices with googlemonitor.com's scott cleland, and former federal trade commmission bureau of competition policy director david balto, tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators," on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: eric ries is the author of "the lean startup: how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses." welcome to the program. what is a lean startup? guest: we use the word lean about manufacturing. this is an idea that started in japan. but lean was all about efficiency. the biggest problem is that the plant they are working toward does not make any sense at all -- the plan they are working toward does not make any sense at all. figure out working backward about what we need to know and we need to build. host: is there a place for government involvement in this lean startup process? guest: government is a different beast. there are important roles for the government for startups to play. i think we're starting to see the signs of innovators inside government to m

. >> scott cleland and david balto tonight at 8:00 eastern on c- span2. >> in the senate, a vote for fiscal spending of 2012 is expected shortly at around 5:30. it will give $3.6 billion in disaster relief funding which contains no offsets. "national journal" writes that kerry lead will not get the expected votes for his legislation. without the legislation, the government will run out of money on timber 30. the real threat does not seem likely as voters have assured that it will be resolved ahead of friday. charles rangel was honored by his colleagues last week with an official portrait in the house ways and means committee room. this event included john boehner, nancy pelosi, and members of the new york congressional delegation. he is in his 21st term and served as chairman of the committee from 2007 until 2010. this is just under an hour. >> welcome. i want to thank you for coming today for recognizing charles rangel, and and i want to talk a little bit about everybody reno as charlie. he was a very close friend of a former member of this committee and a dear friend of charlie ran

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