Bring out the violins for Verizon's CEO
He finds Bernie's views contemptible - apparently his New York Verizon's workers disagree - Bernie was well received on the picket line 
http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-ceo-bernie-sanders-cwa-2016-4
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Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam took a big shot at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Wednesday for siding with striking Verizon workers and criticizing McAdam's company.
Thousands of East Coast Verizon workers walked off the job earlier in the day after the company and the Communications Workers of America union failed to come to a compromise over months-old benefits negotiations.
In a LinkedIn post, McAdam criticized Sanders' support for the Verizon workers, which the CEO characterized as "uninformed" and "contemptible."
"I understand that rhetoric gets heated in a Presidential campaign," McAdam wrote. "I also get that big companies are an easy target for candidates looking for convenient villains for the economic distress felt by many of our citizens."
He continued:
But when rhetoric becomes disconnected from reality, we've crossed a dangerous line. We deserve better from people aspiring to be President. At the very least, we should demand that candidates base their arguments on the facts even when they don't fit their campaign narratives.
McAdam also rejected some of Sanders' claims about the company, including that it doesn't pay its fair share in taxes and that it outsources jobs overseas.
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