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39. Which PC maker is Coke?

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 02:16 AM

Mar 2012

Bad comparison IMO since the other camp is anyone who doesn't own an Apple product, where's the HP, ACER, Dell or any other PC manufactures camp of followers and defenders? It's more of a cult since one side believes anything that Apples PR team say's while everyone else tries to get them to see the flaws of his reasoning.

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‘This American Life’ retracts Apple episode, says Daisey fabricated parts [View all] onehandle Mar 2012 OP

Facts won't stop Apple haters. former9thward Mar 2012 #1

Or Apple fans. Double edged sword. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #7

Apple is EEEEEEVIL, I tells ya! Booby Mar 2012 #62

It doesn't change the fact that Apple is a evil fucking corporation. alarimer Mar 2012 #43

Speak for yourself. former9thward Mar 2012 #54

Links to the NPR and This American Life comments Julian Englis Mar 2012 #2

This is heartbreaking. It arms the deregulators. nolabear Mar 2012 #3

+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #59

ABC hasn't retracted. tridim Mar 2012 #4

OK, so he never talked to poisoned workers. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #5

+1. Apple cultists love shooting messengers. Pholus Mar 2012 #29

Ooooohhhh...the haters gonna hate this! Atman Mar 2012 #6

Just as silly to righteously defend Pepsi over Coke, or demonize Coke over Pepsi LanternWaste Mar 2012 #10

Actually, I've become a big Hosmer Mountain fan! Atman Mar 2012 #14

We all of us rationalize why the other guys suck... LanternWaste Mar 2012 #67

Real Americans drink RC Cola! Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #17

Real Americans drink PBR. Yes, it is still American owned. alfredo Mar 2012 #28

Which PC maker is Coke? .99center Mar 2012 #39

I have always considered newblewtoo Mar 2012 #11

Underscores everything I said. Atman Mar 2012 #16

"a total POS sold at a ridiculous markup" DireStrike Mar 2012 #19

I wanted to build my own Mac at one time fascisthunter Mar 2012 #21

Don't bother. People like DireStrike don't want to hear it. Atman Mar 2012 #23

It's Ludicrous.... it's more of a cult of personality. against a fictitious cult of personality.. fascisthunter Mar 2012 #35

Because it not true .99center Mar 2012 #38

You know that many from Apple were going to jump into the Linux world if MS had been alfredo Mar 2012 #34

interesting! fascisthunter Mar 2012 #36

What does hate have to do with worker conditions? caseymoz Mar 2012 #30

Listening to the retraction program . . . caseymoz Mar 2012 #50

Oopsie Daisey. n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Pryderi Mar 2012 #9

Huh? frazzled Mar 2012 #13

The Jungle was a novel yet it inspired many changes. alarimer Mar 2012 #45

The Jungle presented itself as a novel frazzled Mar 2012 #53

You are aware that Upton Sinclare actually worked at those cattle yards Javaman Mar 2012 #65

What if it was a similar move to what they did to the George W. Bush* National Guard story? LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #12

What if your repeated use of "Apple fanboy" exposed you for being just another hater? Atman Mar 2012 #18

? LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #24

I guess I'm not sure what your "?" was about. Atman Mar 2012 #25

I wondered why you faulted me for using that word when I was referring to someone LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #26

Umm, I heard the episode. I believe he called himself that. caseymoz Mar 2012 #32

Love the use of font size. nt Javaman Mar 2012 #66

Might be, except for the lack of facts. caseymoz Mar 2012 #31

Oh, I don't actually believe it. LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #33

Comedians have enough of an image problem. caseymoz Mar 2012 #40

Bad mistake - excellent repsonse YankeyMCC Mar 2012 #15

Over-the-top response. It buried the abysmal working conditions shcrane71 Mar 2012 #56

Apple should sue this guy into oblivion. truthisfreedom Mar 2012 #20

Well, One Good Thing Came out of this... more Attention to Working Conditions fascisthunter Mar 2012 #22

But now people will think everything there is fine. alarimer Mar 2012 #46

Exactly. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #57

no they won't... fascisthunter Mar 2012 #69

I donate to This American Life and will continue to do so. mahina Mar 2012 #27

Anything with apple generates a lot of hits... Nowadays got root Mar 2012 #37

Is the entire account false, or just elements of it? Orrex Mar 2012 #41

Yes, but even though some of the story may be fake hughee99 Mar 2012 #42

Must the story be dismissed as a whole? Orrex Mar 2012 #48

I agree. hughee99 Mar 2012 #49

A fair assessment Orrex Mar 2012 #55

But you can't refer back to Daisey's story ... it is entirely corrupt. BOHICA12 Mar 2012 #63

Very true Orrex Mar 2012 #64

So NPR caves to corporate pressure just like any other news organization. alarimer Mar 2012 #44

What do you mean? Orrex Mar 2012 #47

People came forward and pointed out the fabrications. Nothing to do with Apple. onehandle Mar 2012 #51

Listening to "This American Life" retraction program. caseymoz Mar 2012 #52

Glass's decision to go with the Daisey monologue sets the advent of better working shcrane71 Mar 2012 #58

Also opens cynicism up everywhere about workers movements caseymoz Mar 2012 #60

I've been a huge fan of This American Life for years. shcrane71 Mar 2012 #61

this sounds like a Rovian PR poison pill yurbud Mar 2012 #68