Originally Posted By AuroraRose Why does the press always have to call out disney? I have not read the whole article, so i don't know if any other places of employment are named, I'm guessing not, BUT either way Disney is named in the HEADLINE!! Makes me mad enough to type uppercase : / ~michelle here's a link to the entire article: <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=nation_world&id=5175524" target="_blank">http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/st ory?section=nation_world&id=5175524</a> here's the headline and an excerpt: 28 Busted in Sex Sting Includes 3 Disney Employees ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - April 2, 2007 - Three Walt Disney Co. employees were among 28 men charged with soliciting sex from a minor amid a weeklong sting operation in the Orlando area, authorities said. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Notice that the station doing the story is an ABC station and their web address is part of go.com.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose yup--i finally had a chance to read the article and it does list some other employment, but still, they made a point to put Disney in the headline. You would think an abc station would "protect" it's associates, and just run a generic headline--28 busted in sex sting--and not specifically mention disney, why not 28 busted includes IBM employee. doesn't sound a sensational i suppose.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I think it has to do with the fact that Disney is so associated with family entertainment. IBM, not so much.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I think Disney came out looking OK. Two of the employees would not have had much contact with children, and the other one was just an intern. Even famous televangelists can be pervs. If that is the worst thing anyone can come up with on Disney that is pretty darned good!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <why not 28 busted includes IBM employee. doesn't sound a sensational i suppose< trust me - we get our share of press to - it is the scum at some papers - anything that sells -- a number of years ago the headlines in Chicago screamed -- IBM Executive murdered with prostitute. In a city of 7 million you would think this might not be a headline -- and btw - the executive turned out to be a 3 year low level administrative employee ( not that it makes it any less an issue but it makes the headline a load of crapola ) -- IBM not in the bright lights like Disney - but still when a newswriter ( and I use that term loosely) - get's a bug up their butt to try and sell papers - they will call out anyone recognizable
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<Even famous televangelists can be pervs. If that is the worst thing anyone can come up with on Disney that is pretty darned good!>> Most of the pervy scandals seem to involve televangelists - Jim Bakker, Ted "I'm not gay" Haggart, Jimmy Swaggart. If they aren't perverts, they're saying God's going to call them to heaven unless people give them money. In the end, scandal sells papers and gets ratings - look at the whole Anna Nicole Smith debacle. The person who's going to suffer the most from that whole ordeal is that poor little baby, who didn't ask for any of this.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub USA Today just gave that a tiny mention, but a full page about DL Anaheim fighting the cheaper housing resort expansion.That also makes Disney look bad.One suggestion was requiring Disney to pay a minimum $10 per hour.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Actually this is a relief, on our local TV station this morning, they said all the 28 worked at WDW. Not that 3 is acceptable, but just not as bad as I thought.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle I suppose if the three men were teachers or in other jobs to do with children, that would have been mentioned in the headline. Although I don't like news stories that make Disney look bad, I can see that the fact that they work for Disney would be somewhat relevant in this case.
Originally Posted By disneyhabit Looks like the pervs are signing up for Disney, take a look at some of the other cast members working their now! I think Disney will hire anyone without checking backgrounds if they can save a few bucks.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Looks like the pervs are signing up for Disney, take a look at some of the other cast members working their now! I think Disney will hire anyone without checking backgrounds if they can save a few bucks< did they say they had priors ? If not hard to take a shot at Disney and say they didn't do background checks. the issue is finding 60,000 service employees in or around Orlando - just not a large enough base to draw from. It would be hard to find 60,000 in NY - LA or Chicago with populations 7 - 10 times the size.
Originally Posted By LisaMarie I believe that Disney screens all potential employees through state sex offender registries. Most theme park employers screen their employees this way. Such screening is not perfect. Obviously every person who may commit a criminal offense will not have a previous criminal history. Every person who commits a criminal act for the first time has no history which would be revealed by a background check.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey <<Obviously every person who may commit a criminal offense will not have a previous criminal history. Every person who commits a criminal act for the first time has no history which would be revealed by a background check.>> Also, some people can steal identities, change names, etc. If a child preadator wants to work with children, he'll find a way. The screening systems aren't perfect.
