This is Round 30 in our Worst Company in America contest, Clear Channel vs Toyota. Vote which sucks more, inside…
Here’s what our readers said when they nominated these two companies:
“they have destroyed so much of this country I love.”
“Clear Channel is playing to Madison Avenue, despite lip service to the listener. Hell, did you see that Clear Channel is increasing the number of minutes of advertising on the radio? Why not turn every station into an infomercial. Make the whole CHANNEL an ad!”
Toyota:
Toyota was nominated without anyone specifying why they are wrath-worthy.
This is a post in our Worst Company In America 2008 series. The companies nominated for this honor were chosen by you, the readers. Keep track of all the goings on at consumerist.com/tag/worst-company-in-america/
STILL OPEN FOR VOTING:
Countrywide Home Loans vs Dish Network
Sprint vs Hewlett Packard
Blue Cross Blue Shield vs CNN
Gamestop vs Monster Cable
Bank Of America vs Toys R’ Us
Toshiba vs Microsoft
US Airways vs Washington Mutual
American Airlines vs Blockbuster
Time Warner Cable vs Radioshack
Wellpoint vs Charter Cable
Dell vs Home Depot
Sears vs Citibank
Wal-Mart vs TJMaxx
Mattel vs ATT
Capital One vs Video Professor
eBay/Paypal vs COX
Apple vs SallieMae
Diebold Vs Pfizer
MTV vs TransUnion
CompUSA vs DirecTV
Target vs Best Buy
Allstate vs Verizon
DeBeers vs 1800 flowers
Starbucks vs United Airlines
Exxon vs Crocs
Google Vs Sony
Ticketmaster vs Wachovia
Facebook vs The American Arbitration Association
Comcast vs Menu Foods
More From Consumerist
-
Here Are Your Contestants For The 2013 Worst Company In America Tournament!
-
These 8 Remaining Worst Company In America Contenders Sure Are Elite
-
Sexiest CEO In America Final Showdown: Jamie Dimon vs. Meg Whitman
-
Worst Company In America Round 1: Cablevision Vs. Time Warner Cable
-
Verizon FiOS Wants The Fees It Pays Tied To How Many People Actually Watch A Channel
I worked at a Monster Truck show that Clear Channel ran in England a few years back. The guy who ran it was called Zachary Cooper, and he was a ClearChannel guy. He was the cockiest jerk I’ve ever worked with. There was a small payment dispute and he took me in the back room by myself (and with one of his henchmen, Jevon Thoreson). Actually, I just found an old email about it:
Dear Editor -
I worked for Monster Jam in Manchester and Birmingham these past two
weekends, and the experience was memorable for more than just the
trucks and motorcycles. Zach Cooper, the man sent over from America
to produce the show, made the event miserable for more than a few of
the courseworkers. After one team-meeting, he made up his own version
of the English National Anthem, which was about how much he disliked
english people and their “outer space” teeth. Odd, considering
England is a market Zach is very keen to crack.
At the end of the weekend, when I asked to discuss a payment concern,
he took me into an empty room where he chided me for “bitching about
£50 pounds” and began screaming obscenities and clenched his fists as
if he were about to get physical – all in an effort to get me to
settle for less payment than I had expected.
I know that the entertainment business can be stressful at times, but
there is no place for this sort of abuse. Let’s hope Monster Jam
cleans up its act before they come back next year.
-Nick
The answer is clear!