Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. | | | | Shenanigans around the leak of a lewd 11-year-old tape. Questions about accountability and second chances. Does Billy Bush get to come back?
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| | rantnrave:// BILLY BUSH's firing by NBCU, prompted by an early example of TRUMP getting his slime all over others, may seem like an odd entry point to discuss questions of accountability and second chances. I get that. But I follow media for a living. This could be almost anyone in similar circumstances. A fascinating situation for many reasons. The nascent movements addressing sexual harassment, professional behavior, and accountability. The politics in the office and on the national stage. Internal rivalries. The fact that it was more than 11 years ago. The debate over degrees of bad. Mistakes or offenses? How a company deals with these issues. Who stays and who goes? Employee training. Should someone lose their livelihood as a result? How long should the punishment be? Do we forgive, rehabilitate, and improve? I explore this and more in "rantnraveXL: Thinking About Mistakes, Punishments, Redemption and Billy Bush..." This piece was read by many. It was passed around via email and SMS by many. It was not shared publicly on social media by many. Most are too scared to have the conversation and that's not a good thing for anyone... Something that has always annoyed me in business relationships is a selective replier. Someone who answers only certain questions and certain emails. The omissions speak volumes and often that is their answer. Even if passive aggressive or cowardly... The enormity of DISNEY's success is without precedent, but so too are the company's future successes, challenges, and opportunities. REDEF traces, critiques and prognosticates all three in MediaSET: "Walt's Way: What Disney Has Achieved But Must Yet Become"... The worst part of getting older and understanding more is the reality of finding out that certain things I thought I knew or were bedrocks of my constitutions are not as I thought. Some totally. Some partially. But very disheartening... One massive bill, two legislative bodies to pass, ten thousand opinions. Can music and tech companies convince Washington to improve the way musicians and composers are paid? And is that in fact what they're doing? MusicREDEF's MATTY KARAS takes a look in MusicSET: "Money for Something: Debating the Music Modernization Act"... The market s**** on TWITTER for cleaning up fake accounts and bad bots. The market is a moron... I've just donated $500 to help this poor man who was attacked by the scum of the earth in Trump's AMERICA. I hope he recovers and knows that there is a good America that has good people. And I hope those that did this burn in hell. And is this the America you want?... Who will save us?... I'm a f***ing pioneer... Happy Birthday to ANNA KOHANSKI MASON, BRET TAYLOR, RICK HOLZMAN, STEFAN BLOM, JOHN NAJARIAN, and CAROL VALENTI MAHONEY. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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