Tesco tøvede. Det skulle de ikke have gjort

Den engelske avis News of The World er udkommet for sidste gang efter en skandale om aflytning af en myrdet piges telefonsvarer, aflytninger af ofre fra terrorangrebet i Londons undergrundsbane og bestikkelse af politifolk. Det oplyste James Murdoch fra moderselskabet News Corporation her til eftermiddag.

I går aftes forlød det, at Scotland Yard ville undersøge sagen, og allerede fra morgenstunden i dag meldte annoncører, at de ikke fremover ville annoncere i News of The World – med dagligvarekæden Tesco som markant undtagelse. På Facebook meddelte virksomheden, at de ville se tiden an:

We share the very wide concern of our customers about these allegations, and the great distress they have caused to the families involved. Some people have asked what action Tesco will take. We sympathise with their concern and understand their impatience. But we believe the absolute priority now is for the allegations to be investigated thoroughly and properly. The focus must therefore be on the police investigation and on the public inquiries being considered urgently by the government. We must all support them and allow them to do their work so that all necessary and appropriate action is taken in the light of their findings, all lessons are learned for the future and public confidence is restored.

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Det skulle de ikke have gjort. Der er hundredevis af sure kommentarer, og søger man Tesco på Twitter, er der heller ikke just opbakning.

Ikke noget med at afvente en undersøgelse eller lade tvivlen komme den anklagede til gode. Det er bare om at følge folkestemningen.

Via Guardian: News of the World to close on Sunday – live coverage.