because it's the cool thing to do.
don't you want to be like the cool kids?
It's not that. It's the way they are carrying themselves through all this is what's rubbing some people (including me) the wrong way.
In the end, throwing this poor sap to the internet wolves proves nothing, especially because they've now got a letter from Apple Legal saying they want the device back, which proves it's legit. Naming the guy, putting his picture out there is now worthless to validate their story.
I'm not upset with "checkbook journalism", because if they admit up front they paid cash to take photos of the thing - fine. I get more upset with organizations who don't admit that.
Nor am I saying the guy shouldn't lose his job. He was trusted with an important item, he lost it (the setting could mean nothing - who says he was drinking?), but why drag it all out in the limelight? Why isn't Giz throwing the name of the person who they cut the check to out as well? Why protect one and not the other?
And in the end, it's Giz's own snarkiness that is making me say, "So long." They were handed a golden opportunity - a true exclusive, rare in these days - and they took it, but now can't wait to throw someone else under the bus to protect their own ass. They wanted this, they should've known what can of worms they were opening, and instead, they're trying to have their cake, eat it too, and blame it on the baker who lost it.
