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1320Fastback t1_ixos0jv wrote

Uh oh the shoe police coming after you

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apoplectic_moose t1_ixozvi9 wrote

Squeak squeak! That’s the sound of the police!

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Cat_Sand_Milkshake t1_ixptri6 wrote

Squeak squeak that’s the sound of the bees.

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RonstoppableRon t1_ixqet1e wrote

r/yourjokebutworse

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masshole4life t1_ixse448 wrote

for all the kiddos young enough to have upvoted this misdirected dis, the song is "sound of da police" by krs-one, and the parent comment was kinda funny.

i get that it's an old song and obscure to many, but it's message is as important today as it was back then. people should know it.

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steroboros t1_ixosfpx wrote

They're really sending in the gumshoes

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2th t1_ixp1jig wrote

I hear Kanye is a real heel, the man has no sole.

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omart3 t1_ixrrh5r wrote

He keeps getting shoehorned into my Twitter feed!

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_ChipWhitley_ t1_ixpls1f wrote

He’s receiving advice from Roger Stone, I bet. These bottom feeders thrive on the limelight, no matter the story, so they’re not forgotten. That’s how Trump was able to rise. Stone is the one who brags that the only thing worse than people talking badly about you is not talking about you at all.

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omart3 t1_ixrrbf3 wrote

They're just gonna shoe him away.

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dino_74 t1_ixoy8sy wrote

Hey Adidas, how about launching a probe into Qatar Human right abuses while you're at it?

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TrailofCheers t1_ixp4mun wrote

I mean what’s adidas gonna do about it? It’s not like the shit show in Qatar is news lol

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logicallyinsane t1_ixpbs92 wrote

Release a human rights line of shoes that directly funds watchdog organizations who overseas every country hosting major sporting events in the middle east.

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CabbageIsLife-H t1_ixphtzk wrote

Fuck Qatar but "human rights line of shoes" is the funniest shit I've heard all day

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BrownBoy____ t1_ixpne5i wrote

Commodify human rights, have the labor be outsourced to Bangladesh

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canuck_11 t1_ixpv3xx wrote

Some late stage capitalism shit when we outsource the UN to Adidas.

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spaceman757 t1_ixq2p34 wrote

The "Human rights line of shoes!"*

*Guaranteed to definitely not be made by child and/or slave labor (for reals, we promise)

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dodland t1_ixt1uu8 wrote

Human rights shoes made by humans with no rights

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lightknight7777 t1_ixpfueb wrote

What would that help? We knew what Qatar was and FIFA still did it. The problem isn't the watching, it's the doing the right thing once we see it.

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KairosGalvanized t1_ixpdp8s wrote

You think these backwards countries care about what some organization says? Doubt it

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fastermouse t1_ixq6x2j wrote

Pull their endorsement of all athletes laying in Qatar.

They’d sell ten times the shoes if they did.

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ageofthoughts t1_ixpemjy wrote

Passing the buck saying “not my problem” is why hundreds died building these fucking stadiums. Stop watching the world cup and hold sponsors responsible for funding it. But we as consumers are too spineless to do so.

Someone post the MW boycott image.

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yasfan t1_ixpi3kb wrote

And a probe into their close involvement with FIFA and Sep Blatter. They might have been one of the prime financiers of shenanigans within FIFA ever since they scored exclusive sports goods sponsorship.

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weareallgonnadye t1_ixp0ewk wrote

So nobody knew about this before, the company and CEO’s had no idea what was happening until now?

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Caymonki t1_ixp964b wrote

PR, it’s all about looking like they give a shit, while not actually giving any shits.

If they can find loopholes in the contract to gain more revenue while looking like they give a shit?! Oof, big win for them.

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natphotog t1_ixqay3x wrote

Remember folks, HR is there to protect the company, not you. They do not purposefully act in your best interest. They act in their own best interest, which is typically whatever’s best for their bottom line.

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Caymonki t1_ixr26sm wrote

HR are my favorite people. They feign so much interest for employees while telling management exactly what is coming down the pipe.

Fix it and make people like it here? [_] Fuck them over because we can [X]

Easiest decision of the day.

Hey, there’s a worker shortage and no one wants to work here?!?!

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Cetun t1_ixrzp3g wrote

Not necessarily true. I've seen cases where HR purposefully fucks up things that can be resolved fairly easily. HRs job is to create small fires and then put them out, justifying their importance in the company and maintaining steady employment.

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Wompawompa1 t1_ixp8dk6 wrote

Weird how that always happens. Nobody knew a thing until the moment he wasn’t bringing in the moola. Same goes for those pieces of shit who never said a word about his hitler rants until they could use it for benefit.

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shariewayne t1_ixpf2d8 wrote

To be honest, if i wouldn't read news / worldnews, i would have never known that Kanye West has changed his name.

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Derole t1_ixq3eqq wrote

I don't think you read worldnews on Reddit. Because that sub is not about worldnews anymore.

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Chucknastical t1_ixqakn5 wrote

I can tell you don't read worldnews since it's been 24/7 Ukraine war during the Ye drama.

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Derole t1_ixqfsth wrote

The worldnews subreddit is a porn subreddit. That's what I was trying to say

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-LazerFace69- t1_ixqj7p6 wrote

Could've fooled me. /r/worldnews

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Derole t1_ixqpd3k wrote

Wait, now I'm really confused. I was at a subreddit which is similarly called as world news and it was just porn. fml I'm sorry

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Stalked_Like_Corn t1_ixpnfrn wrote

Yeah. What's the point of this? There are two options here:

A.) You didn't know this was going on the whole time which means you are WAY out of touch and have no clue what is going on in your own house

B.) You knew about this the whole time and did nothing about it

Choose one but neither looks good for Adidas.

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zykezero t1_ixpste0 wrote

The Vice article says that the employees sent their letter to VPs and directors.

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CincyCivilRightsAct t1_ixpvk1m wrote

If you do something about it and lose the deal with Kanye, you lose hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue - which means you need to fire a bunch of people because their jobs aren't sustainable anymore. If you aren't selling the shoes, you don't needs as many people in the company that makes the shoes and does the marketing.

Try firing people, and let me know if you want to make that trade-off.

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ScienceLivesInsideMe t1_ixqrq4w wrote

And this is why corporations are broken. You are perfectly ok with abuse because it's making you money and people would lose their job if not for so much money. Monkey brain.

First of all bullshit. That fucking company has so much money it could get rid of kanye and give all their workers a 20% raise and still be crushing it. But they don't because crony capitalism. Unions would be a start to fixing these insane workplaces but Republicans wouldn't go for that.

If people do lose their job because a compamy did an ethical thing like taking action against a whatever kanye is due to sexual abuse or whatever it is...ok there are other jobs, isn't that how this is supposed to work? The whole capitalism thing?

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mgraunk t1_ixpyabj wrote

As a business owner who has fired people, I would.

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iamnotexactlywhite t1_ixpdjsl wrote

he was fired like a month ago, this is just the rest of his issues coming forth

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RabidGuineaPig007 t1_ixqcn65 wrote

Not as long as shoe$ was coming in. WTF America, you see some idiot musician wear a pair of shoes and rush out and buy billions of dollars worth.

Adidas and Nike are sitting on a shit ton of unsold stock right now, the 20-21 show bubble has popped.

Now, it's about Adidas the morally conscious company to resonate on GenZ social media.

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Jedwardvincent t1_ixugjys wrote

HR acts as a barrier to the CEOs and upper management to provide opportunities for plausible deniability, the same way upper management and c-level provide buffers to each other and ultimately the CEO. Anything unbecoming of the company gets trickled down the chain of command to provide protection to the CEO because, "I had heard something about something maybe happening, but I'm not involved in the day to day."

While this is ultimately true, it leads to awful situations where people are being put in compromising positions where they're a mid-level HR person and are having to navigate what to do about Kanye showing porn to their staff. In the same way as with Weinstein, it's more likely that you'll be fired for bringing it up since Kanye is brining the company $8B a year and you're costing the company $75k a year to act as a patsy. Even if you do your job and ring the alarm, they'll acknowledge it and then brush it over, then pin it to you when it surfaces – there's no winning.

All the while, the CEO and c-levels are having dinners with Kanye and probably are fully aware of his behavior since he's likely doing the same at dinner with them - showing inappropriate photos and such – but it's good for business so they laugh it off.

The corporate systems of "accountability" are engineered to protect those at the top by removing them from the typical functions and adding buffers to ensure that they're not immediately responsible for anything and can point a finger anytime something doesn't go well.

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GBendu t1_ixpmy2d wrote

Yo real talk the him forcing employees and staff to watch porn as an intimidation tactic that’s sexual harassment right

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jeffersonairmattress t1_ixpoc6r wrote

But OK if you’re Clarence Thomas.

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RyVsWorld t1_ixpy6mi wrote

Our politicians and judges are not held to the same laws as we are

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Grins111 t1_ixoy281 wrote

Now that he can’t make them money they will go after him.

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UncrustabIes t1_ixpsc2q wrote

People buy Yeezys because of the name not the design

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The-Male-G-Spot t1_ixpskkf wrote

Some do.

But most people will see a price drop for the same shoe everyone has been wearing for years and grab a pair.

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acvg t1_ixq28v7 wrote

He definitely made them popular but it's not like most people are buying them because of him. More people have bought his shoes than his albums. It's just a very popular shoe right now.

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UncrustabIes t1_ixq2cc5 wrote

Yea because they are Yeezy brand, no one looks at Yeezys and goes “man those adidas are sick”. Kanye’s has a cult following, yeah people will still buy the shoes, but not as many as you guys think

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Reptardar t1_ixq7q1g wrote

As someone that doesn’t pay attention to this kinda stuff I didn’t even know adidas made Yeezys until this drama started.

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Wrinklestiltskin t1_ixqbaan wrote

I feel like the sales will surely drop without his attachment to the brand/the hype he'd always bring. They're such absolutely hideous shoes when you take off the hype goggles. Looks like a project a middle-schooler would do in shop class, recycling a burlap potato sack into the uppers. Obviously just my opinion, but damn are they ugly shoes...

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ironicart t1_ixqhpp9 wrote

As one of the few people who like how comfortable they are I’m gonna be stoked when they’re $100 less without the YE

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RightZer0s t1_ixpwaq6 wrote

Lol nope. Definitely going to buy them now that they're not under Kayne's bitch ass. I'll be proud to wear them.

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Akaonisama t1_ixp1i7c wrote

Everything about this title is dystopian

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No_Tie3538 t1_ixoumcm wrote

Didn't they quite them?

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rustynailsu t1_ixow0k8 wrote

There is probably a Morales clause and they want to use it to avoid having to pay out to close the contract. It seems to me the probe is so that they can claim they gave Mr. West due process.

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[deleted] t1_ixp0jbm wrote

morals*, and it isnt capitalized since it's not a proper noun.

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Furt_III t1_ixp36a8 wrote

That looks like an autocorrect typo.

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dominus_aranearum t1_ixpbu5k wrote

It checks though. Replied to a comment that said

>Didn't they quite them?

So Morales was an acceptable substitution for morals.

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rustynailsu t1_ixp1e72 wrote

You would be really disscusted bi >!/jk!< how awful my posts are before I check them.

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RipeCreeling t1_ixoy3j1 wrote

I don't see how they can possibly establish that the morals violation they didn't even know about when they terminated the deal was the cause of the termination.

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rustynailsu t1_ixp0nse wrote

Well, for for a start, accusing Adidas of theft could be seen to damage it's good name and reputation. That is certainly the type of speech could be proscribed by a morals clause.

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RipeCreeling t1_ixp47qi wrote

I agree it would probably violate the morals clause. But the issue is that if the contract allows them to terminate it for his breach of the morals clause, they have to know about the breach before they terminate the contract. It's possible there is language in the contract that could allow Adidas to terminate it retroactively to the date of the breach if they find out after the fact, but I think that would be unusual.

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rustynailsu t1_ixp661o wrote

Interesting stuff. I reviewed the timeline. Though the partnership was under review previously, the theft accusation happened on Oct. 6. The contract was not terminated until Oct 22. Would this make any difference, do you think, or did the review somehow contaminate the termination?

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RipeCreeling t1_ixpagd0 wrote

When they terminated the contract Adidas issued a statement saying the company does not tolerate anti Semitism and that his comments were unacceptable and violated company values. I think they had sufficient basis to terminate because of his comments. The theft accusation certainly disparages the company and in that way may violate the agreement, but the review I was talking about was this recent review of his behavior based on the accusations from the employees he worked with, which wasn't known at the time of the termination.

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Lerianis001 t1_ixp2b1i wrote

Unless he can prove that the allegation was true or to the best of his knowledge was true.

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rustynailsu t1_ixp34fv wrote

That would defend a defamation claim. This is different. You can certainly sign your rights away to say things, even if they are true. Just look at the contracts Mr. Weinstein had women sign.

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Skeletore-full-power t1_ixsg0fq wrote

>Morales clause

On a hip hop rapper. Seems kind of hypocritical that this would be the thing they get him on. Dudes said some pretty questionable stuff in rap lyrics.

Edit: dude has a song called black skinhead. That by itself might fuck up their whole investigation

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zambonihouse t1_ixp11nz wrote

I've definitely heard that he loves to show porn to people especially the Kim tape before they got together.

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Bitter_Director1231 t1_ixq54pd wrote

Hurry up, he's running for president in 2024. Got to wrap that investigation soon. /s

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mlc885 t1_ixrvloz wrote

I don't even want to commit crimes and it still seems like the prudent thing to do would be to always insist I'm running for president and therefore all investigations are crooked.

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Lucky-Development-15 t1_ixq9wpp wrote

Only because he's gone...maybe you should have investigated when the complaints were made. You looked the other way until it stopped suiting your company...

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mark_lenders t1_ixq57o9 wrote

i'm confused. didn't they ditch him already?

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Saito1337 t1_ixq8qyd wrote

Yes, but lawsuits for his violations of the contract, if they happened, are still a thing.

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aces_high_2_midnight t1_ixqbnxi wrote

As far as "why they're investigating" now (since they terminated the deal anyway)... this could end up bad for Adidas. People are suggesting morality clauses and such but those things usually address behavior outside of the relationship between the individual and the company (like the individual posting dumb <anti-something/some group> shit on social media.) This on the other hand is internal. Adidas is a German company and all western countries have laws that against this kind of behavior in the workplace. One common theme in these laws is that employers are required investigate all allegations of this type of behavior when they are made aware of it. If Adidas was found guilty of sweeping this under the rug heavy fines could be levied as well as civil suits filed by individuals affected.

So Adidas is in damage control mode now, hoping they can identify who the individuals are and pay them off before some sort of class action is launched. Maybe some middle managers get thrown under the bus (bad press now to avoid worse press later). Then they'll hope their "internal probe" satisfies regulators or reduces the fines they could get.

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CobraCornelius t1_ixql5w1 wrote

Adidas was founded by nazi party members and now they have come full circle.

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Colecoman1982 t1_ixs98jr wrote

> Adidas was founded by nazi party members

Same for Puma.

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Shingaion t1_ixotgig wrote

A probe that will likely go nowhere, as per usual.

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cishet-camel-fucker t1_ixsu3uo wrote

>The investigation follows a report by Rolling Stone magazine that detailed alleged incidents of inappropriate behavior by Ye toward staff and prospective employees.

Deja Vu.

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Wdrussell1 t1_ixpuy7u wrote

I mean its clear they are looking for ways to get their money out of Kanye. There is no other reason to do this. Personally I am fine with this. They could be doing it just to waste his time. I am fine with that too. He is a worthless piece of shit so it works for me.

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OneBitScience t1_ixqz69e wrote

Seems like this is probably related to the legal machinations going on. Kanye’s people must be threatening to sue for breach of contract or some such thing. Adidas then launches investigation to get some leverage in those negotiations.

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Rooks4567 t1_ixr1csy wrote

Come with me son, I'm the shoe policeman.

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largish t1_ixsri31 wrote

Shoes for industry, shoes for crime fighting! At Georgie Tirebiter's Detective Agency

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jenshahscellmate t1_ixv3jjm wrote

Only because Rolling Stone magazine called them out!

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somecallme_doc t1_ixqe67o wrote

Investigating. They fucking know exactly how shitty he treated the designers.

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Stumpy-the-dog t1_ixq7ly6 wrote

run run as fast as you can Ye,

As long as it's NOT in Adidas.

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HotBananaSlurpee t1_ixpc0za wrote

But.. why? Are they going to double down on scrapping the contract with him? While it’s fucked up what Kanye is being accused of doing, this is equivalent to trying to reprimand an employee after they’ve been fired.

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mrm00r3 t1_ixovmzr wrote

If he had friends he’d know that PC was empty.

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CharToll t1_ixpahng wrote

Classless. Apparently Kanye is showing porn between himself and Kim Kardashian to some of the Adidas development reps when he was pitching his shoe designs and trying to get them to understand just what it would feel like to put your feet in them.

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zestypurplecatalyst t1_ixpfjf8 wrote

So Reuters isn’t saying the posts were antisemitic. Just that some users on social media said the posts were antisemitic. WTF Reuters!

> His Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted, with the social media platforms removing some of his posts that users condemned [emphasis added] as antisemitic.

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MeatballDom t1_ixpg011 wrote

A news agency reporting the news shouldn't be surprising. Hell, that's what we need more of.

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BadRehypothecation t1_ixphtzp wrote

That's journalism though. For instance, I don't follow Twitter and don't follow Kanye West. I have no idea what is up with that dude, aside from a music video in 06-ish.

Now I'm no journalist, but if I were:

Should I claim things as fact that I don't know for sure or have witnessed first hand and can provide proof beyond reasonable doubt?

Or should I just report it how it is, and make it clear I myself have just heard from others?

That's not saying it isn't so, it's just the proper way to express 2nd hand information.

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Jeditard t1_ixq6bpx wrote

We have the first-hand information though. His behavior is clearly antisemitic. It's really strange & disingenuous to report it differently.

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