Originally Posted by
Shawn Pixley
We'll agree to disagree. Air polution like radiation does not respect arbitrary man made lines on maps. Formaldehyde, is a naturally occuring substance. But so it cyanide, arsenic, chlorine, flourine, asbestos, etc...
It seems inconscionable that we would willingly expose our citizens to known unsafe conditions when we don't have to.
I don't think a single person in this thread has recommended that we don't try to make things safer for people. Not one. What some of us are saying is that we're not so sure we believe the story, which has huge financial benefits for the short sellers. 60 minutes doesn't own the truth, they just do stories, and the part of the story they intentionally left out of their story answered some of the questions asked, or raised some concern about their testing. Those two things alone are enough to pause for just a moment until we get to the bottom of things.
Just because 60 minutes says it, doesn't make it true, just in the same way that just saying they are complaint doesn't make them compliant. The facts are the facts, but at this point, I don't trust either source. When you omit things from your reporting that raises issues, then you're no longer reporting, you're pushing an agenda. Once that happens, then I don't trust what you say at face value. Doesn't mean you aren't right, just means that you've proven to me that I can't take your word for it, and I'd have to look deeper at your information. Ask Lara Logan how it's going from 60 minutes? She didn't tell the truth in her reporting on 60 minutes and it finally cost her her job. So it's not like they have a track record of telling the truth all the time.
If the guys raising the story and so concerned about it all, then, knowing they were short sellers, why wouldn't they clear all their short positions and take this head on from a standpoint of doing the right thing? My guess is the minute they are out of their short positions, the story will disappear. It's disgusting that anyone can get face time on 60 minutes that's bashing any company, that's currently holding a short position in the company.
And let's be honest, it's not like 200,000,000 people watch 60 minutes. Probably 99% of the people know nothing about this story and will continue to shop there.
Last edited by Scott Shepherd; 03-05-2015 at 11:06 AM.
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