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Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear Attempt on Google

The social network secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative stories about the search giant, The Daily Beast's Dan Lyons reveals—a caper that is blowing up in their face, and escalating their war.

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Facebook hired a private PR company to plant negative Google stories in the press. Credit: AP Photo
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