article_snippet: Google has taken a fight with the Wall Street Journal to a new level - by countering what Google sees as misleading, inaccurate reporting with a gif of a laughing baby.
article_snippet: Google turned to fodder more usually seen on teenage blogs and social media in an escalating conflict based on a Federal Trade Commission report uncovered by the Wall Street Journal.
article_snippet: Google used the looping clip while retaliating against an article in the newspaper which quoted the report, which uncovered officials' reservations about Google's business practices, and was supposed to remain private.
article_snippet: : A Google public relations official deployed this picture of a laughing baby to counter reporting A Google public relations official objects to in the Wall Street Journal .
article_snippet: A Google public relations official worked for the British Conservative Party before joining Google .
article_snippet: It also took umbrage to the suggestion that Google staff members visiting the White House 230 times President Obama took office could have affected the probe.
article_snippet: Ultimately the FTC concluded that the FTC wasn't worth trying to sue Google, and instead negotiated changes to Google practices, which Google implemented.
article_snippet: But rather than respond directly to what it saw as the Wall Street Journalthe Wall Street Journal's inaccurate reporting, Google posted the cutesy image and implied that the newspapers' publishers were being hypocrites.
article_snippet: Rachel Whetstone, senior vice president in Google's Communications and Policy department, wrote the post, which began with aspersions against News Corp, the company which ultimately owns the Wall Street Journal.
article_snippet: Rachel Whetstone, senior vice president in Google's Communications and Policy department said: 'Last year Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp, accused Google of creating a "less informed, more vexatious level of dialogue in our society." 'Given the tone of some of your publications, that made quite a few people chuckle.'
article_snippet: Rachel Whetstone, senior vice president in Google's Communications and Policy department also responded to the Wall Street Journal's supposed claims that Google has 'undue political influence' by linking to a famous The Sun in Britain front page claiming that Google endorsement swayed the country's 1992 general election.
article_snippet: Only then did Whetstone, a former high-ranking political adviser for the British Conservative Party, address a list of grievances with the Wall Street Journal's report, which cited instances when FTC officials recommended suing Google.
article_snippet: Whetstone used the above image to end Whetstone argument, after pointing out that Google's business practices had been approved by several government bodies .
article_snippet: Whetstone also drew in another report which pointed out that Google's 230+ meetings at the White House during Obama's presidency, and cited an FTC statement saying the Wall Street Journal the Wall Street Journal had been 'misleading' by juxtaposing that fact with reporting on the anti-competitive practices investigation.
highlights_snippet: Search engine took umbrage to reporting on federal probe from 2012 .
  