We’ve been telling you this week about a new kind of “journalism” that essentially amounts to extortion. As we reported, CNBC reported that major companies, including Disney, have “keep largely silent” on the “outrage” that stemmed from the Roe v. Wade decision draft leak. Note that CNBC framed the reaction to the leak as sparking “outrage,” and we’re pretty sure they don’t mean outrage at whoever leaked it. Taking it a step further, the Washington Post’s video game reporter, Nathan Grayson, “reached out to over 20 major video game companies about whether they intend to speak up in favor of reproductive rights or provide monetary aid to employees” to travel to get abortions. Again, note the framing: which companies would “speak up in favor of reproductive rights.” Most companies declined to comment, which we’re certain made Grayson sad.
Now Fox News’ Joseph Wulfsohn is reporting that Fast Company Magazine is pressuring companies to take its survey on abortion rights and is vowing to “disclose” those companies that take a pass.
Business magazine Fast Company is pressuring companies to take a "survey" for a report on their abortion stance and vows to "disclose" which companies refuse to take it. https://t.co/t59V8VAPRF
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) May 14, 2022
In an email to one of the companies seen by Fox News, Fast Company says it is working on an "editorial package" about "how corporate silence on abortion impacts employees" and "what responsibility of businesses should be when it comes to abortion care and access."
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— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) May 14, 2022
Fast Company's survey would ask questions about the company's positions and policies about "abortion care."
The magazine told the companies it would share some of the survey's results, but warned, "we do plan to disclose whether or not companies engaged with the survey."
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— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) May 14, 2022
.@VivekGRamaswamy first shed light on Fast Company's survey of corporations about their public abortion stances last week.https://t.co/ADJBZejR6K
— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) May 14, 2022
This isn’t journalism. It’s political activism.
— Josh Mesker 🇺🇸 (@JoshMeskerAR) May 14, 2022
Businesses should feel free to tell @FastCompany to fuck off and mind their own business.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) May 14, 2022
Fast Company is still in business?
— Misery Machine (@MiseryMachine__) May 14, 2022
What’s Fast Company’s stand on teaching sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten? It’s silence is deafening.
So, a company not answering a survey means it disagrees with the survey content.
Your results are ALREADY skewed. 🙄 https://t.co/XyMf4WbvSH
— Taxpayer1234 (@Taxpayers1234) May 14, 2022
We’d been told by Bloomberg earlier this week that some Sony employees were “seething” over the fact that the head of PlayStation refused to take a stand on abortion rights.
Some staff are seething following an email from the head of PlayStation that urged employees to “respect differences of opinion” on abortion rights before entering into five detailed paragraphs about his two cats’ first birthday https://t.co/CSpsy7iUhq
— Bloomberg (@business) May 13, 2022
Cope. Seethe.
What an asshole! Respect differences of opinion? Fuck you, Mr. PlayStation!
"… the head of PlayStation … urged employees to “respect differences of opinion” on abortion rights .." pic.twitter.com/yT01ZfVK0g
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 12, 2022
Getting involved in politics went so well for Disney.
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Washington Post’s ‘video game reporter’ looks into gaming companies’ support for reproductive rights https://t.co/u1tZQMeHSm
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 12, 2022
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