Shocking news out of San Francisco:
An in-house video meant to prepare San Francisco 49ers' players for dealing with the media backfired on the NFL team Wednesday after it was leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle.Club officials are talking about the video as a "terrible mistake." Then again, if a major corporation ever did something like this, they'd be tossing around phrases like "civil rights lawsuit," "class action," and "settlement in the hundreds of millions." Posted by Stephen Silver at June 2, 2005 08:33 AMThe 15-minute film, featuring racist jokes, lesbian soft-porn and topless blondes, features the team's public relations director, Kirk Reynolds, impersonating San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in the mayor's office and other city scenes.
Nice blog Steve. I, too, have a blog; a very progressive one.
http://educationalvignette.blogspot.com/
Hard to believe that anything like this still occurs today...most corporations are quite enlightened and sensitive to these issues (at least the ones I have worked for), and head usually roll if violations occur.
Then again, this is a sports environment, and all of the typical rules don't often apply.
...and you know that I am a huge football fan, but that is no excuse for this kind of thoughtless and crass behavior, especially in a board room.
Posted by: John B. at June 2, 2005 12:22 PMYeah, they criticize this, yet they let Sean Slaisbury continue to talk about football. There is nothing, I repeat nothing wrong with soft core lesbian porn.
Posted by: J. Lichty at June 2, 2005 06:09 PM49ers: Political Correctness Gains Yardage
http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=371