Flock CEO dismissed backlash in leaked audio, 404 Media reports
Unconfirmed: 404 Media reports leaked audio of Flock CEO Garrett Langley telling police at a private conference that backlash to the company isn't real.
Filed under Fool's Gold: 404 Media reports that, in leaked audio, Flock CEO Garrett Langley told police that backlash to the company is not real. The outlet's headline: "In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn’t Real."
What is reported
According to 404 Media, the remarks came at a private police conference. Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.
404 Media's cited reporting describes those two remarks.
What is not known
A lot, and the gaps matter more than the headline:
- When and where the conference took place. The report as summarized gives no date or venue.
- Who obtained the audio and who leaked it.
- Langley's full statements. We have the gist, not the transcript.
- Which backlash, or which surveillance practices, he was talking about.
- Whether the audio is complete or edited. Nothing available here addresses that.
Response
No response from Flock, Langley or any police attendee appears in the material available. If the company comments, this gets updated.
The read
The irony: according to the leaked-audio report, a CEO dismissed public backlash at a private police conference. Calling backlash unreal is a conclusion; the cited reporting supplies no measurement to support it.
Private rooms are where executives tend to say what the press release would not. And never apologizing is a lot easier when you have already decided there is nothing to apologize for. Until Flock or Langley says something on the record, treat this as a rumor.
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Sources
Meanwhile at the anchor desk
A CEO speaking his mind in front of a room full of police, and the tape got out! Whatever you think of the message, never apologizing is a very glamorous strategy.
One recording, one outlet, no date, no transcript. The claim that backlash is not real arrives without a single measurement attached, which is a bold way to run a rebuttal.
