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Google's long-time stance as net neutrality advocate has called its own practices into question. Just how neutral is Google News?

As net neutrality finally comes to a head in Washington, its longtime champion, Google, is becoming a poor poster child for its cause. Despite the search firm’s charge to protect content owners from the evil grip of broadband’s gatekeepers, content owners are increasingly complaining it’s Google that wields too much control over them — especially regarding news. Animosity toward Google in the media industry — already simmering among those who see the Internet as killing the [...]