Re:Apple has not made any significant donations to charity s...
by glenra on Saturday March 05, 2011 @05:25PM
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> Wikipedia says absolutely nothing about how much money Apple has donated and I know for a fact that it has aided progressive causes
For instance, Apple does tie-in promotions such as the Product(RED) iPods that support the Global Fund to Fight AIDS: http://www.apple.com/ipod/red/
They also provide grants and recognition to teachers and schools: http://www.apple.com/education/apple-distinguished-educator/
What it actually says is:
"Jobs has not reinstated a philanthropic division at Apple."
So, he hasn't hired a bunch of people to sit in an office, giving someone else's money away and feeling pretty good about themselves. I'd say that is A GOOD THING - you don't need full-time staff in order to give money to good causes, that's just more overhead that stops money getting to the people who really need it. Jobs also got rid of the Apple Museum when he returned to Apple in 1997 .... because it was irrelevant ego bullshit and completely unnecessary.
Wikipedia says absolutely nothing about how much money Apple has donated and I know for a fact that it has aided progressive causes that other corporations would be too nervous to assist for fear of conservative backlash.
I hope that the submitter of this, ck2, realizes that, with one rotten headline, he is now part of what is wrong with media reporting - distorting the truth in order to sensationalize.