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I like how they apologized for the unrest. That is, they apologized for how people reacted, not what they did.

• rhizome 15y ago
  That's how you know it's a company run by bad people.
  • smashing 15y ago
    I think it is instead a bad company that runs people. Just because C/Net tends to attract morally ambiguous people who have no qualms twisting the facts to suit their marketing/business campaigns is a side effect of their mission statement, "As leading destinations for the information and entertainment people crave(1), we don't just support lifestyles – we help define them(2)." via http://www.cbsinteractive.com/company_info.php http://www.cbsinteractive.com/company_info.php NOTE: They are in the CBS Interactive brand portfolio. (1) Meaning media=software downloads for Downloads.com (2) Through bundling malware which customers wouldn't intentionally install otherwise.
    • rhizome 15y ago
      It's the result of actual people making decisions about what to say.