Viewers blast Apple for parking money overseas
Last Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a story on Apple, the world's biggest and richest company that attracts consumers both young and old:
@60Minutes validity that #Apple is designed to be ageless. My 101 year old grandma on a #MacBookPro pic.twitter.com/TIlcl4t7vm
— Michelle Steinbeck (@MichelleSteinb) December 21, 2015
Some were moved by Apple CEO Tim Cook's interview:
#TimCook made me cry during the @60Minutes interview, #Apple forever an inspiring brand with great people!
— Ally Chase (@theAllyChase) December 21, 2015
Others were bothered by the interview, particularly when it came to portions dealing with Apple exporting jobs to China and parking billions of dollars in profits in overseas accounts:
@60Minutes @tim_cook You have a responsibility to reinvest in the country that provided the environment to make Apple so great.
— Mark Goldenberg (@mgoldenberg43) December 21, 2015
Then again, one viewer pointed out, Apple's behavior isn't that unusual:
Every company does this. I'm not defending Apple just facts.
Posted by Navindra Kewal on Monday, December 21, 2015
Some viewers were disturbed to learn one of Apple's largest contracted factories in China installed safety nets outside its employee dormitories, after a series of suicides:
Freaked out watching 60 Minutes last night. Workers for Apple manufacturering in China have nets outside their dorm...
Posted by Jill Monroe on Monday, December 21, 2015
And then were topics the story didn't address, but viewers noticed:
@tim_cook I watched @60Minutes last nite. Sadly I only saw one woman sitting at the boardroom table #diversityvoices
— Barbara Beucler (@BBeucler) December 21, 2015
Watching @60Minutes story about @apple Awestruck at the lack of diversity on the senior management team. Problem? pic.twitter.com/QI89KgxDZb
— Jason Frazer (@JasonFrazerTV) December 21, 2015