If you think that stuff like this doesn't filter up to ownership in some way, then you're living in the last century. I actively browse industry trade message boards for mention of our brand and to see what people are saying about it and I try to counter obvious nonsense from our competition when I see it. I speak with my boss (who is the big boss) about what I see out there all the time. We are acutely aware of this stuff. There is a reason the CEO of Whole Foods is sitting around spinning anonymously on blogs and Yahoo News all day.
This stuff is actually taken seriously.
All I can say is, I don't care if you like Joe Philbin or not. Good man or not. Not responsible for this mess or not. He's got to go. Don't beat around the bush, don't hang him out to dry, don't make them play out this macabre farce. Quick, neat, decisive.
And Dawn Aponte, **** her too.