{"id":1427,"date":"2010-01-25T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T22:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2010-01-25T20:39:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T01:39:17","slug":"verizon-only-six-people-on-earth-do-not-hate-verizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/25\/verizon-only-six-people-on-earth-do-not-hate-verizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Six People on Earth do Not Hate Verizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Times’ technology columnist David Pogue had a great post <\/a>last month entitled: “Verizon\u2019s New Motto: Why Not Be Evil?”<\/p>\n

Pogue detailed an egregious Verizon bushwhacking of its customers – and then suggested the policy change was because “Verizon heard that there were six people left on Earth who didn\u2019t have a reason to dislike it.”<\/p>\n

My recollection was that the original version of Pogue’s blog said “hate,” not “dislike,” but my memory might be wrong on this. <\/p>\n

I write this as I sit interminably on ‘hold’ for an operator to unscrew their latest snafu. And I hear this perky announcement: “As always, privacy of your acount is your right and our duty.”<\/p>\n

Unless, of course, Verizon can profit from betraying its customers to Uncle Sam. <\/p>\n

For the record, I am not one of those six people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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