Have you noticed when a news show sets down with a corporate executive or politician and asks specific questions, he or she will beat around the bush, double-talk, or just flat out not answer the question?
For example, Dateline NBC interviewed McDonald's COO if their change in their menu was caused by the recent lawsuits. He said no to that, but when Stone Philips asked him if their french fries were the cause of so many obese people, he then said that he eats (can't resist) their fries and that their food is fine to eat if people just increased their excercising activies (new advertising campaign so says Dateline NBC) and eat in moderation -it's not good to eat too much of anything.
Why are they so worried to answer a question directly? They act like they are on trial, and they don't want to incriminate themselves. What is your view on all of this?
2006-08-28 14:03:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Because anytime a news camera is on you, you are on trial, whether you've done anything wrong or not. I'm surprised they didn't ask the guy "When did you stop beating your wife?" You say one wrong thing and 5000 lawyers will beat each other up on the way to court to sue you.
The COO did the exact right thing. It's irresponsible people eating junk food 24/7 and then suing anyone and everyone that are the problem, not McDonald's, who sells food that anyone by now should know is fairly high in fat and calories. Ok, so don't make it your only source of food. But you can eat there a couple times a week without dying I'm pretty sure.
2006-08-28 14:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by newbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's corporate-speak. Personally, if we all suddenly lost our minds and ate McDonald's three times a day, every day, pushing McDonald's sales to record levels, McDonald's wouldn't give a sh*t that we've gotten so big, we can barely fit in our cars to get to their drive-thrus!
Besides that fact, I think the average very high-level employee is always on the verge of being taken down, and under the scrutiny of those who would be happy to do just that. Corporate-speak IS a language one can actually learn though. It's amazing how fluent some are though. They can talk themselves around ANYTHING!
2006-08-28 21:15:38 · answer #2 · answered by loveblue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything they say in public is on the public record and *could* be used in a trial. And everybody at that level of responsibilty knows Job One is CYA.
2006-08-28 21:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by Jess Wundring 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋