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A nearly comical reminder that corporations aren't your friend. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 513 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (46 children)

Always remember what really happened with the McDonald's lady who sued because her "coffee was too hot".

McDonald's themselves started the campaign that the issue was laughable, and seeded the notion that it's ridiculous, how could she not know coffee hot?

What really happened was that the coffee was:

Served well above safe ranges to maximize profits, so the coffee could be served longer
Was served near boiling temperature
Was so hot that it FUSED HER LABIA requiring extensive surgery to repair.

She sued only for her hospital bills.

They started a smear campaign against her to convince the public that she was a moron and she just wanted a payday.

Don't trust corporations. Ever.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 117 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (19 children)

What's that old quote? "A lie can make it around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes", or something like that? I believe that was pre-internet too.

It also happens with politics. I constantly see provocative headlines get lots of attention in one circle, and then the later corrections only get passed around in the opposite circle, if at all.

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Plus those corrections only show up as a footnote on articles without it being altered or removed. Its laughable.

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's weird. Ideally you should put it right next to the title, that there has been an addendum and the following might be incorrect/outdated.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That depends on what your goal is, I think

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd consider the goal be to:

Keep the original article for historical and reference purposes
Make sure that anyone who only cared to read the first sentence, didn't leave with confident misinformation.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Your goals are too honest for mass media 😅

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