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Time Warner Ordered Employee to Stop Administering CPR to Dying Co-Worker and Get Back to Work

Unbelievable.

 Looks like Time Warner has a bit of a PR debacle on its hands.

A Time Warner customer service representative, Julia Nelson, died at her desk at a Time Warner customer call center in Garfield Heights, Ohio last month.  It turns out that a Time Warner employee (who refused to be interviewed on camera) began to administer CPR to the dying woman, but was ordered by a supervisor to stop, and to get back to work.  The employee also said that another boss told her that she could be held liable in the event that something went wrong as a result of the potentially life-saving treatment that see was performing on Nelson.

Not only did Time Warner let one of its long-time employees die, Time Warner prevented any of its other employees from doing anything to help.

It’s unconscionable.

From Crooks and Liars:

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America to Donald Trump: You're Fired! (UPDATES!)

Donald Trump, having a bad hair day

To: Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment

From: the people of America

Re: Celebrity Apprentice/Donald Trump

Mr. Greenblatt, we are writing to you today to call your attention to an intractable problem, one to which NBC Entertainment is contributing, and to offer two proposed solutions to this problem.

You have in your employ a person by the name of Mr. Donald Trump, who performs for your network on an entertainment program titled Celebrity Apprentice. Mr. Trump has expressed keen interest in America’s governance and a desire to declare himself a candidate for the office of President of the United States.

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