Discussion: Sprint: Employee Comments During Shooting Coverage Were 'Inappropriate'

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At least he did not add-- “Cut your bill in half…with a hatchet!”

Too soon?

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Never too soon.

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Too soon for Piyush anyway

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For those who don’t work in a “white collar plantation” that’s exactly what the MBA overseers insist the drones do to “up sell” their crappy products.

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Maybe we should ask Sooner.

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If I may speak for him, Sooner would agree with Eustace’s comment. I think.

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Somebody is really, really trained by corporate headquarters.

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Exactly. The poor guy simply spoke in a spinal column reaction.

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Fox was upset about the on-air promotion. It wasn’t PAID for.

Buy the commercial, damn you Sprint! We at Fox don’t lie to get great ratings for nothing!

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The company will announce that he is being disciplined internally.

Then he’ll get a nice bonus and a non-disclosure agreement.

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Good job by Shep (as usual) to basically say “are you really that stupid, this is a shooting” after the “promo”. If anything, Sprint gets bad publicity from this, no wonder they are “taking action”.

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Republicans everywhere are beaming. Good business is where you find it.

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And a few minutes later, he cuts to a commercial.

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"Sprint Taking Action Over Employee's Nashville Shooting Comments On Fox"

Free phone upgrades for everyone in the theater who signs a new two-year contract?

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To compare those two things is absurd. All TV News Networks need to run commercials, that’s how they are able to stay on the air. That is totally different than some witness on the air trying to promote their company, there was no necessity for that by Sprint. The fact that Sprint has addressed that fact makes it obvious. The employee was an asshole for doing that.

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So, someone on a Fox News show is being called to task for taking advantage of a tragedy? Umm…

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I don’t know, let me ax a friend.

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Give him a raise and tell him not to do it again.

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Theater manager: “Yeah it was a tragedy, but don’t let it keep you away from Senior Saturday Matinees and the two-for-the-price-of-one bottomless popcorn tub, brought to you by NRA Theaters!”

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