06-23-2023, 06:19 AM
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.
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.
