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I'll say it again: Enron and Worldcom were bigger - much bigger - than Jayson Blair. Or how about this - at least confine their lawbreaking to small-to-medium scams that don't screw over all the people who put their faith in them.Įnron was handling the energy supply that's not just a business - it is (or should be) a public trust. Paragons of truth or not, greedy or not, I expect corporations and the executives who run them to obey the laws. If some liberal made these statements about some guy who stole your car stereo ("we can't expect them to be honest, what are they supposed to do?") you'd probably have an apoplectic fit. So it's no big deal when the executives callously screw shareholders, the government and customers just to line their own pockets? Yes, but who held Enron or Worldcom up as paragons of reliability and truth? These executives screwed the shareholders big time to illegally line their own pockets. What- are corporations supposed to be in business for something other than money?Ĭorporations are supposed to be in business to maximize shareholder value.
Like the talking heads were all too happy to sweep under the rug the notion that talking heads may also be liars and asshats. Gromky's point, which I think is well-made, seems to be that there has been a positively precipitous drop in news-chatter about Blair. But you've got to admit that the Enron (etc.) story has been in the news for well over 18 months, and the Jayson Blair dealie is a bit fresher in folks' minds. What- are corporations supposed to be in business for something other than money?ģ) The massive fraud, malfeasance, shareholder ripoffs and layoffs from Worldcom and Enron are of lesser importance than a single lying reporter at the New York Times? Personally, I'm not 100% sure what you mean by "corporate greed". We need to discuss it, and find more effective ways to deal with/prevent it. Yeah, but only after a LONG (for a lad so green) history of lying (also as a token editor at Diversity of Maryland)Ģ) Corporate greed and dishonesty is still a big, unresolved issue.