Damn. I thought O'Keefe was synonymous with Project Veritas. I didn't know there was anybody in a position above him who had the power to fire him. Oh well. He'll have more freedom to pursue his mission now.
Corporations truly are sociopaths.
(06-22-2023, 07:51 AM)user328 Wrote: [ -> ]An RIAA lawyer once said it's perfectly fine for a record company to steal content from the little guy, since he doesn't have the resources to mount a protracted lawsuit and win damages. This is how corporations actually think. Whoever said that if a corporation was human, it'd be a sociopath, was spot on.
The entire mainstream news media in America is owned by 6 or 7 corporations. The number varies depending on which companies merged this week.
Anyone who expects truth and honesty from the media is fooling themselves.
That goes for corporate social media too. You know how you can never be sure the privacy settings on a social media site are doing what you expect? That feeling of suspicion exists because there's no trust in the relationship between the company and the customer. These companies have been caught red-handed in questionable practices too many times for anyone to have confidence in them.
And they still don't get it. They'll do a PR campaign to sweep their latest malfeasance under the rug and promise to do better next time, but it that even possible? They're like simpletons, having no understanding of why people don't trust them, no internal gauge for telling right from wrong. The question of "is this honorable or ethical?" never intrudes on the corporate decision-making process.
(06-23-2023, 06:19 AM)user328 Wrote: [ -> ]The question of "is this honorable or ethical?" never intrudes on the corporate decision-making process.
And no sir, "legal" is not the same thing as "ethical."
"Legal" is simply whatever you can get away with, without going to jail. It's no substitute for morality or conscience. It doesn't put you in the other guy's shoes, or make you reflect on how your behavior affects the other guy. It doesn't make you ask yourself if you'd want the same thing done to you if the roles were reversed.