When Glenn Beck googles 'Google' he doesn't like the results

Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has put Google in his rhetorical cross hairs. The search giant is, of course, the employer of Wael Ghonim, the marketing executive who emerged as a figurehead of the recent political uprising in Egypt, at one point saying he was "ready to die" for the cause of freedom. Google has offered Ghonim its support. But support was not as immediately forthcoming from Beck. "I'm really not sure I want my search engine involved in government overthrows," he said on his show. "I'm not afraid that Google is reading my e-mail or tapping your phone lines or stealing Grandma's recipes -- that kind of paranoia is reserved for the left during the Bush administration with Microsoft." Among Beck's criticisms is that Google is working closely with several levels of government, including the NSA, law enforcement, and the National Geospatial Intelligence agency. Beck also pointed to ties between Google and what he called liberal entities, including media watchdog Free Press, George Soros' Open Society Foundation and others.