NR Daily: Behold the Free-Speech Hypocrisy of the Corporate Left

On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, Apple CEO Tim Cook accepted the Newseum's Free Expression Award. In his remarks, Cook clearly and unequivocally defended the idea that corporations have values, and that they must protect their values in the marketplace and the public square: We have a perspective on major public issues, and we are prepared to take a stand for things that we deeply believe in. . . . A company is not some faceless, shapeless thing that exists apart from society. A company is a collection of human beings, and part of the fabric of our society. A company like ours has a culture, it has values, and it has a voice ...

November 08 2017

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Behold the Free-Speech Hypocrisy of the Corporate Left

David French

On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, Apple CEO Tim Cook accepted the Newseum's Free Expression Award. In his remarks, Cook clearly and unequivocally defended the idea that corporations have values, and that they must protect their values in the marketplace and the public square: We have a perspective on major public issues,...

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