|
|
|
The "Most Trusted Name in News" Does Not Apply When It Comes To Payroll Issues... 10-31-08 Update: No news from Mr. Velshi as to the status of our e-mails as of this date either to my e-mail or on CNNfan.com 10-24-08 Update: Mr. Velshi has read and acknowledged my post on CNNFan.com. The following was posted on Wednesday, October 22nd by Ali Velshi:
been response or
action to them. I appreciate you watching, and your feedback.
I posted the following reply on Friday, October 24th:
Mr. Velshi: thank you very much for your reply. I look forward to hearing from you to resolve this issue.
With his acknowledgement of the problem, hopefully this matter will be quickly resolved. We will keep you posted. 10-15-08 Update: A post was put out on CNNFAN.com on October 1st. The webmaster for the site "Max" was kind enough to answer my post and actually quoted my Daily Kos diary as an example of how CNN may have heard of the news already. Max would have no way of knowing that the diary he used on CNNFAN.com from Daily Kos was mine. I have posted a response thanking Max for allowing me to post, explaining that the Daily Kos diary is mine and if anyone does hear from Ali to give him my message. You can read the posts at http://www.cnnfan.com/ then go to Ali Velshi. 9-25-08 UPDATE: It appears that CNN refuses to acknowledge that it makes mistakes. Unlike the New York Times, the BBC and any other reputable news sources, it simply ignores the consequences when it gives out erroneous information and goes merrily on. CNN even ignores e-mails on its "tell us if you spotted an error" page made especially so you can tell them you spotted an error. Two e-mails have been sent with nothing more than an auto-reply received concerning this matter. It would seem that CNN doesn't value correct information and the payroll profession. The only important thing to them is protecting their host Ali Velshi from having to admit a mistake. Background: On Sunday June 8th CNN's show "Your Money" discussed the issue of vacation payouts when being laid off. The host Ali Velshi and the Human Resource Expert, Cynthia Shapiro discussed what employees must be paid when being laid off. The expert stated and the host confirmed that employees are entitled to two things: unpaid or unused vacation and unemployment insurance. The part about unpaid vacation is wrong. Whether or not an employee is entitled to unused vacation upon termination is decided by individual state law. Ms. Lambert wrote an e-mail to both the host and the expert on the show to explain their error on this subject (click on links to read the e-mails). Neither the host nor the expert has bothered to either acknowledge the e-mail nor correct the information. None of the subsequent shows (June, July, August and now September) have made any mention of the error whatsoever nor the e-mail sent to either the host nor the guest "expert". Nor has the information been corrected without mentioning Ms. Lambert's e-mails. Ms. Lambert used this error as a basis for an article in the August 2008 issue of Payroll Manager's Report (IOMA) which gave out the correct information. A copy of this issue of the newsletter was sent to Mr. Velshi in hopes he would correct the information but no such luck. Click here to read a copy of the e-mail. Maybe payroll professionals should also send an e-mail to CNN and the show (yourmoney@cnn.com) to let them know they expect the same high standards for payroll information as they give to all other information relayed on the network. Unfortunately for CNN, if failing to correct this error is any indication, it is becoming apparent as the weeks go by that maybe they do. |
|
Send mail to
webmaster@vickimlambert.com with
questions or comments about this web site.
|
