10 Most Hated Companies in America in 2020

4. University of Phoenix

State and federal investigators have been on the neck of management at the University of Phoenix over accusations of deceptive advertisements and misrepresentations. According to FTC’s allegations University of Phoenix and its parent company Apollo Education Group engaged in deceptive advertising that falsely “touted their relationships and job opportunities with companies such as AT&T, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Twitter, and The American Red Cross”. When this became public knowledge and a massive scandal, the number of admissions in the school dropped and the management closed down 115 campuses and sacked 800 workers in 2012.

The University of Phoenix settled with the FTC agreeing to pay $50 million in cash as well as cancelling $141 million in student debt owed by students who were harmed by UOP’s deceptive ads. “”This is the largest settlement the Commission has obtained in a case against a for-profit school,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.”

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3. Fox Corp

Fox Corp owns Fox News Channel and is one of the most divisive news outlets in America. The news media is always enmeshed in one controversy or the other and its reputation suffers greatly as a reliable and objective news station in the country. Its news coverage is often considered divisive and slanting to the right, while the majority of left-leaning Americans hold its news content in contempt.

Its most popular show, The O’Reilly Factor, was shut down in 2017 after settling several sexual lawsuits to the tune of $13 million. Late founder and CEO Roger Ailes was forced to leave the news company in 2016 over accusations of sexual harassment. The news outlet remains controversial and hated today with the company even caring less about its public perception.

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