Top 10 Times Terrible Companies Were CAUGHT Lying
VOICE OVER: Tom Aglio
WRITTEN BY: Joshua Garvin
From deadly deceptions to billion-dollar frauds, corporate America has quite the rap sheet! Join us as we expose the most outrageous cases where big businesses were caught red-handed in massive lies. Our countdown includes Nestlé's deadly formula scandal, Theranos' fake blood tests, Big Tobacco's deadly cover-up, and more! We're looking at corporations with their "grubby hands in the proverbial cookie jar" - from Enron's house of cards that burned down an accounting empire to Big Oil knowing about climate change since 1959 while funding denial campaigns. Some lies cost billions, others cost lives. Drop your favorite 'corporate oopsie' in the comments below; bonus points if it dinged your faith in humanity!
- #10: Nestlé Baby Formula Scandal (1977)
- #9: Naked Juice (2016)
- #8: Listerine's Exaggerated Claims (1976)
- #7: AT&T's Unlimited Data (2014)
- #6: Uber Can't Stop Lying (2016-)
- #5: Enron (2001-02)
- #4: Big Oil Misled Public on Climate Science (1959-)
- #3: ExxonMobil Lied About Plastics Recycling (2024)
- #2: Theranos (2016)
- #1: The Tobacco Industry on Cigarettes (1964-98)
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