Executives from google testify testifying the company censorship policy. We also hear from andy parker the father of the journalist who was killed on live tv and a conservative communicator said that google and youtube try to restrict video content for texas sanity senator ted cruz chaired the hearing. This hearing is called to order. Good afternoon. Let me say to folks i apologize the hearing was delayed in our start time. The series of votes on the senate or the just concluded so welcome to our witnesses. This past april the subcommittee held a hearing on social media bias with witnesses from ace books and twitter. As i noted then any inquiry into big tax censorship practices must take an especially hard look at google. Thats what we are doing here today. Googles control over what people hear, watch read and say is unprecedented. Almost 90 of internet searches in the United States use google. Googles domination of the Search Engine market is so complete that to google is now a common
Id ask each of the witnesses for the second panel to please take your seats. I apologize for that delay. We went through the three votes we had. We will now begin the second panel of five witnesses. Each witness will have a fiveminute Opening Statement followed by rounds of questions. Our first witness is Mister Dennis prager. Dennis prager is a bestselling author, columnist, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and also the cofounder of Prager University, an institution of Higher Learning on the internet which produces fiveminute videos in which experts distill complex topics in political science, history, philosophy, economics and psychology. Mister prager was appointed by Ronald Reagan to the us delegation to the vienna review conference on the helsinki accords. He was also appointed by george w. Bush to the us Holocaust Memorial council. Our second witness is facing kint, ceo of Digital Content, a trade association that serves the unique needs of Digital Content companies. Be
Working, and in the old days when the late great mark cane ruled the mornings around here, i remember each time i cohosted he would introduce me as reverend Jim Bob Cramer of the church of what is happening now. It was fun back then seemed like everyone was running their own personal hedge fund. There was understanding there could be a stock here today and gone tomorrow. Those days are over. If you recommend a stock for trade, if you say buy it today for the Analyst Meeting and sell it tomorrow, there will always be a Youtube Video kicking around that shows you like the stock but never gave it the sell call weve gone well beyond that. Tonight were taking it to the next level where im introducing you to the concept of suitability. Basically what stocks fit you. What investments are right for you. Not for this week, not for this month but your age and temperament. I heard of the concept of suitability when i was in training at Goldman Sachs for the group that helped small institutions an
The free cspan radio app. And before the hearing, listen to the complete Mueller Report at cspan. Org on your laptop or mobile device. Type Mueller Report audio in the search box at the top of the page. The audio is courtesy of timberlane media. Next, part of a recent hearing on google and censorship. Among the witnesses, andy parker, father of allison parker, who was killed during a live tv broadcast, and dennis prager, a conservative commentator who claimed that google and youtube sought to restrict or remove his video content. This is an hour and ten minutes. Good morninafternoon, every. Welcome back. I would ask each of the witnesses for the second panel to please take your seat. Apologize for that delay while we went through the three votes we had. We will now begin the second panel of five witnesses. Each witness will have a fiveminute Opening Statement followed by rounds of questions. Our first witness is mr. Dennis prager. Dennis prager is a bestselling author, a columnist, and
Canes ruled the mornings around here, i remember each time i cohosted he would introduce me as reverend Jim Bob Cramer from the church of what is happening now. It was fun back then seemed like everyone was running their own personal hedge fund. There was an understanding a stock could be here today and gone tomorrow and everyone was fine with it those days, those days are long over if you recommend a stock for trade if you say buy it today for the Analyst Meeting and sell it tomorrow, there were always be Youtube Video kicking around that shows you like the stock but never gave the sell call so weve gone well beyond that. Tonight were taking it to the next level where i introduce you to the concept of suitability. Basically, what stocks fit you and what investments are right for you and your age and temperament. I heard of the concept of suitability when i was at training for Goldman Sachs that helped small constitutions and individuals. I built individual stocks for myself and others