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Which Apple Case? Disney got a poor reaction because they retaliated against the Los Angeles Times for reporting on fishy financial business between the City o
by Aloha 9y ago
Which Apple Case?
Disney got a poor reaction because they retaliated against the Los Angeles Times for reporting on fishy financial business between the City of Anaheim, and the Walt Disney Company - the issue is not secrecy, its retaliation.
- slg 9y agoApple severally limited pre-release access to the iPhone X and almost all extended access was given exclusively to non-tech sources. Apple also has a history of doing the exact same thing as Disney by shunning reviewers that they feel do not treat them fairly.
- Aloha 9y agoit'd be the same thing, if say, Disney dumped the Times for giving a bad review of Cars 4 - its not the same thing when you're covering a local issue, which is corruption in the City of Anaheim. They're lacking in 'moral equivalency'.
- slg 9y agoI am not sure I see a huge distinction between the two. One is bullying the industry press to give you favorable reviews. One is bullying the industry press to avoid publishing stories that paint you in a negative light. Either way, Apple has been accused of both.
- fatbird 9y agoYou're trying to limit this to a discussion of whether the coverage is good or bad for the company in question, but in Disney's case, there was also the public interest angle of the capture of Anaheim city council. I don't give a shit if I don't have a review of the iPhone X on the release date, but if Apple had corrupted my city council, I'd be very interested.