From the Parkinglot
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Why do news agencies do this?
I was listening to the abc news update on the radio. They announced that Smithsfield was fined by OSHA for not protecting their employees from Covid at their Sioux Falls plant. Ok that’s fine but what’s missing,the amount they were fined. It was $13,500.00 for a company worth $13 billion. why is the amount they were fined not important to the story. As much as news organizations want to decry the Fake News mantra, doing things like this bring it on themselves. Now you can argue the fine was not enough but I don’t, that’s fine. I don’t think a $13,500.00 fine will negatively affect a company worth 13 billion dollars.
I was listening to the abc news update on the radio. They announced that Smithsfield was fined by OSHA for not protecting their employees from Covid at their Sioux Falls plant. Ok that’s fine but what’s missing,the amount they were fined. It was $13,500.00 for a company worth $13 billion. why is the amount they were fined not important to the story. As much as news organizations want to decry the Fake News mantra, doing things like this bring it on themselves. Now you can argue the fine was not enough but I don’t, that’s fine. I don’t think a $13,500.00 fine will negatively affect a company worth 13 billion dollars.