A Sporty Xoogler: True or False?
August 26, 2021
I am not sure about the “real” journalists laboring at the New York Post. One thing is certain. Those folks can craft an interesting headline; specifically: “Google Founder Admits He Created Revenge Site Against Estranged Wife.”
Larry the Kiwi recluse? Sergey the glass lover for a while? Or Scott Hassan?
Who?
The write up says:
Scott Hassan, 51, who wrote much of the original code that powers the search giant, is embroiled in a nasty divorce battle that has raged for seven years and involves millions of dollars, claims of treating his children unfairly — and even a shocking online revenge campaign.
The article points out some interesting life details:
“Without Scott, there would be no Google,” Adam Fisher, author of “Valley of Genius,” told The Post. “He was at Stanford and employed to write code for people who were big thinkers. He got to know Sergey and Larry, rewrote their code and convinced them that this was a product. They sold him founders’ stock. That worked out pretty well.”
Sporty. Sporty indeed.
The “real” news outfit’s report asserts:
After being accused by his ex, he has admitted to launching the site AllisonHuynh.com earlier this year, seeding it with links to positive articles written about his ex — but also links to court documents from three embarrassing lawsuits that involve her.
The write up includes images which appear to be “real” or took someone a bit of time to craft.
Now who’s is the testosterone-charged person in this legal matter. I noted this passage:
Within the documents posted are sexual allegations related to Huynh’s wrongful termination suit against her former employer Samuel Ockman and Penguin Computing in 2000. They claim that Huynh threatened to “kill [Ockman] and then herself” if he ever left her and “kept track of when Ockman was out with a new girlfriend,” according to the cross complaint filed by Ockman and his attorney in response to Huynh’s suit.
True? False? I don’t know, but I recognize sporty behavior when presented in the “real” news style of the estimable New York Post.
Stephen E Arnold, August 26, 2021
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