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Originally Posted by finnbow
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No, I saw the company statement. My point was that NBC is manufacturing a news story here by quoting an anonymous source. Once again, to me, that's BS.
Now, I'm sure Novartis has a well - articulated company policy, as most publicly traded companies do, that requires any employee to report contacts from the media, and forbids employees from doing what this "anonymous source" did. So, it boils down to who you choose to believe. Do you believe the version of an "anonymous source", which in this case is an unaccountable individual who likely acted in opposition to company policy and possibly against his employer's best interests? Or do you believe the company, who's public communication was no doubt vetted through the company's public communications and Legal team?
I'm sure many folks here want to believe the unaccountable anonymous source. Me? Not so much. I'd be willing to entertain the notion that the truth is somewhere in the middle between the company's statement and the unaccountable employee's statement.
But then, if this behavior is somehow "wrong", I'd also wonder how what Cohen allegedly did is any different from what Washington "insiders" do on a regular basis.