Cincinnati Equirer Chiquita 1998 censored articles
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chiquita.zip (click to view full file)
- Context
- United States
- Company
- Chiquita
Tuesday March 04, 2008
Primary languageFile size in bytes
175346
File type information
Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract
Cryptographic identity
SHA256 8f13ec81dcb9715d62e613b286d49e6f20ac835284c3ef1563cab288bef6a045
Description (as provided by the original submitter)
This ZIP archive contains an article about Chiquita's business practices in Central America, and followup articles from the AP and NY Times. The initial article by Mike Gallagher and Cameron Mcwhirter, published on May 3, 1998 in the Cincinnati Enquirer, reported "questionable business practices, dangerous use of pesticides, [and] fear among plantation workers". Shortly after publication, Chiquita sued the Cincinnati Enquirer. It came out that Mike Gallagher had worked with a Chiquita lawyer, George Ventura, who provided access to Chiquita's voicemail system. They obtained confidential information by posing questions to Chiquita representatives, and then monitoring internal communications. The Cincinnati Enquirer promptly settled, printed an apology and paid Chiquita $10 million. Both Mike Gallagher and George Ventura were convicted of stealing voicemail.
Categories: Leaked files | Analysis requested | United States | Company | Chiquita | 2008 | 2008-03 | English