The difference is in those other scenarios the higher up responsible for the campaign never did public interviews trashing their entire product userbase.
The can for a tranny was bad but it was their reaction and response that caused so many people to get upset. Everyone knew they were drinking swill but now they learned they are drinking swill made by assholes who are ruining the country that they are also claiming to represent.
You can't do that to your userbase.
The real irony of that statement is that all they had to do was put out a statement distancing themselves from the dumb cunt they wrongly put the brand under, apologize, and go back to their earlier successful marketing campaign.
That's it. This could have been handled in a single day. I'm not sure if it is sheer fucking hubris or total ineptitude but watching them destroy their business over a refusal to apologize is absurd.
“Beer is about relaxation,” Chief Executive Michel Doukeris said in an interview. “People do not want to enjoy their beer with a debate. They want beer to be simple, beer to be for everyone and beer to be enjoyable as they share it with family and friends.”
Doukeris said consumers want the company to focus its marketing on things that appeal widely, such as the National Football League, music and helping military families. “We continue to learn and we continue to move forward with the main activities we know that work everywhere,” he added.
Unbelievable.
In the wake of the Bud Light episode, AB InBev’s share of the total U.S. beer market has fallen by 5.2 percentage points to 36.9% in the second quarter, Doukeris said. Two-thirds of that loss is from Bud Light but other brands such as Budweiser have taken a hit from the consumer boycott, too.
The company has accelerated production of new Bud Light ads that are heavy on themes of football and country music. The company told distributors that it would buy back unsold cases of beer that go past their expiration date.
I've never, ever seen such a large company utterly refuse to acknowledge what is happening to it. This is totally unique from a marketing perspective.
And naturally they are even DEFENDING IT:
Distributors for years had hoped to see a fresh Bud Light campaign that would better appeal to younger consumers, said Jenn Litz-Kirk, executive editor of Beer Business Daily. The summer campaign at the very least represents a commitment to the brand after the Mulvaney incident, she said.
The current ad campaign promoting Bud Light that began in late June portrays a sunnier image. It’s an extension of the “Easy to Drink, Easy to Enjoy” theme Bud Light introduced during the Super Bowl. This month the company is staging the Bud Light Backyard Tour, a series of free concerts in Nashville, Oklahoma City, and other locations.
Boy do I hope those 'free concerts' get fucking trashed.
Ah yes, I remember when Churchill found the time during a bitter war to...trademark his own name.
There's a big difference between defensible decisions made with bias and total recognition of decisions as some sort of deterrant.
Chauvin was close but they never flat out said that "other people should see this and know what will happen to them."
This is new.
I'm actually only posting this story for one reason: the below quote.
The American Jewish Committee said that “what should always be top of mind is the memory” of the victims murdered by “a cold-blooded hater of Jews.”
“Ultimately what is of most significance is not how the shooter will spend the end of his life, but the fact that the U.S. government pursued this case with vigor and demonstrated that such crimes will not be countenanced, excused, or minimized,” it said.
Bowers’ case marked the first time federal prosecutors sought and won a death sentence under Biden’s administration. However, Bowers will not be executed while Biden remains in office.
Even got the WH to comment on it.
“While today’s unanimous decision by a federal jury in Pittsburgh is an important act of accountability, it will never bring back the eleven people who lost their lives or heal the grief and trauma of their loved ones,” White House principal deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton said, adding that Biden was “praying for the victims’ families, and for all those in the broader community who have been so deeply impacted by this tragedy.”
Read that highlighted quote carefully, because it is the first signs of OPEN politicization of the courts. They are now totally willing to admit that they are sending messages via court decisions.
That's something we haven't seen in a very, very long time.
Don't forget Midget Mussolini Zelensky also 'postponing elections until the war is over.'
We are living in an era of dictators.
“What I think about that video, to be perfectly honest, as someone who does not usually say very judgmental things, is I think it is very irresponsible and despicable,” said Dr. Marazzo on a video in which a group of doctors suggested hydroxychloroquine was a “cure” for COVID-19 and that masks were unnecessary.
“Getting up there and distributing information with the badge of their white coats and their degrees behind them, to me, it’s one of the few things that really, really upsets me,” she said.
She continued by saying that the doctors’ violated their oath, which is to “do no harm.”
“I am hugely disappointed in those people and I am glad that video is hopefully not being shared very much.”
The twin actions are an escalation of an ongoing investigation into allegations McMahon paid millions of dollars over the years to women after being accused of sexual misconduct.
No charges have been brought against him in the interim.
I wonder who Vince forgot to bribe?
I figured they'd string out a bunch of different ones to make it look really bad for him and silence bad news about themselves but I wonder how many they have stashed away?
Man there were some great beer commercials back in the day.
Everyone got excited to watch the Super Bowl, the men for the game and the women for the commercials.
Marketers worked hard and came up with awesome concepts that everyone liked despite many being racy or tongue in cheek.
Everyone was happy. Why did we ever stop?
On the CDC’s website it warns that “If a bioterrorist attack were to happen, Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that causes anthrax, would be one of the biological agents most likely to be used.”
The CDC’s warning continues “Anthrax makes a good weapon because it can be released quietly and without anyone knowing. The microscopic spores could be put into powders, sprays, food, and water. Because they are so small, you may not be able to see, smell, or taste them.”
As The Gateway Pundit reported last week, the FDA recently approved Emergent BioSolution’s new anthrax vaccine for adults 18-65.
The FDA approved Cyfendus for use for any confirmed or suspected exposure to anthrax but must be administered with antibacterial drugs.
Anthrax cases among livestock in the US have seen a spike in recent months.
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health recently reported their first case of cattle being infected with anthrax in over a decade.
Big surprise: the thriving terrorist community in Minnesota is testing their anthrax on cattle. Now that there's a new 'vaccine' they'll get the greenlight for their attack from our DOJ and we can look forward to a new pandemic.
Are we sure this guy just doesn't have a theoretical degree in physics?
The Denver Broncos waived wide receiver KJ Hamler with a non-football illness designation on Monday. The 24-year-old receiver explained his health situation in a post on Instagram:
After feeling some chest pains while working out on the break before camp started, I got everything checked out and was diagnosed with mild heart irritation, called pericarditis. I’ve got a great treatment plan with medicine and am taking a quick break to get this all taken care of so I can get back to doing what I love.
I’m so grateful for my teammates & coaches. Appreciate the support from the Broncos Country and encouragement I have been receiving. This is something to bring awareness to anybody. So anyone with chest pains please get checked out by your doctor!
24 years old, way too late for a heart defect from birth to be discovered. We're going to be seeing a lot more of this.
The really fucked up part is they consider this to be 'not football related' so he can't get any medical bills paid despite the NFL forcing him to take the shot.
I'm willing to bet the majority of students at this 'school' are more familiar with murder than math.
Just make the family liable for anything the killers do afterwards if they aren't interested in justice.
Suddenly they aren't so casual about releasing them if they are on the hook for a jail sentence.
US district judge Timothy L Brooks issued a preliminary injunction against the law,
Name and shame.
A coalition that included the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) in Little Rock had challenged the law, saying fear of prosecution under the measure could prompt libraries and booksellers to no longer carry titles that could be challenged.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE FUCKING POINT.
The ACLU of Arkansas, which represents some of the plaintiffs, applauded the court’s ruling, saying that the absence of a preliminary injunction would have jeopardized the free speech rights enshrined in the US constitution’s first amendment.
Of course the ACLU is back on the wrong side again.
“The question we had to ask was – do Arkansans still legally have access to reading materials?” Holly Dickson, the executive director of the ACLU in Arkansas, said in a statement. “Luckily, the judicial system has once again defended our highly valued liberties.”
Now that is one dumbass argument. Is that seriously what the Judge ruled with?
The executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System, Nate Coulter, said the judge’s 49-page decision recognized the law as censorship, a constitutional violation and wrongly maligning librarians.
“As folks in south-west Arkansas say, this order is stout as horseradish!” he said in an email. He added: “I’m relieved that for now the dark cloud that was hanging over CALS’ librarians has lifted.”
Oh wow he sounds like a born retard.
While fans celebrate Toco for living his dream, the anonymous canine has been adamant about not revealing his identity, particularly with coworkers. “I don’t want my hobbies to be known, especially by the people I work with,” he told the Daily Mail last year.
I can't decide if this is a new kind of unhealthy acceptance or just a super weird guy who truly wants to be a dog and is doing everything in his power to live a double life.
Either way it is fascinatingly bizarre.
Drag performance in Mario?
What am I forgetting about that movie?
Oh I'm sure they are shit at their jobs, but it is about appearance and importance.
These motorcades are mostly for ego and to ensure people are sufficiently 'wowed' so without it the candidate has no chance to appear legitimate.
It's more underhanded banana republic style bullshit.
This is also a way for the Biden administration to attack and de-legitimize a threat to their campaign. Either RFK gets attacked and killed (win for Biden) or by refusing him secret service he gets considered a 'fringe' candidate by the media (win for Biden).
We're seeing brazen corruption in action yet again. Meanwhile Hunter gets a 6 car motorcade everywhere he goes and corrupt prosecutors get $1 million per week security details.
Robert Kennedy, Jr.: Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me.
Typical turnaround time for pro forma protection requests from presidential candidates is 14-days. After 88-days of no response and after several follow-ups by our campaign, the Biden Administration just denied our request. Secretary Mayorkas: “I have determined that Secret Service protection for Robert F Kennedy Jr is not warranted at this time.”
Looks like another Kennedy is being lined up for removal.
They did a study...then they destroyed it purposefully by dosing the control group out of "compassion".
Depends on the content, how much language they need to dub / subtitle and whether any major stars are in it.
Some do extremely well, others find a limited market.
They have to apply for grants = we're flooding all this money into our allies who followed every one of our orders during the pandemic leading to this disaster.
Highest need = donors and blacks.
Amazing. I can't wait until they blame Trump next.