{"id":1964492,"date":"2023-07-05T11:44:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-digs-deeper-hole-with-segment-promoting-bud-light-easy-way-to-say-i-love-my-country\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T11:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T15:46:18","slug":"fox-news-digs-deeper-hole-with-segment-promoting-bud-light-easy-way-to-say-i-love-my-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-digs-deeper-hole-with-segment-promoting-bud-light-easy-way-to-say-i-love-my-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News worsens situation by promoting Bud Light as an &#8220;easy way to express patriotism.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-digs-deeper-hole-with-segment-promoting-bud-light-easy-way-to-say-i-love-my-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964492&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In the Bible, Proverbs 13:20 contains some sage advice:<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What happens when fools form a partnership? It seems even more negative results are generated.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-digs-deeper-hole-with-segment-promoting-bud-light-easy-way-to-say-i-love-my-country\/\" title=\"Fox News worsens situation by promoting Bud Light as an \"easy way to express patriotism.\"\">current media story<\/a>, two troubled corporations teamed up to promote a noble cause. Unfortunately, the segment became kind of a cynical commercial for two damaged brands, the messaging undermined by the infamous reputations the companies earned.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Fox News allowed a segment about a worthwhile charitable organization to mutate into an ad for Bud Light and other Anheuser-Busch products.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to know which brand, Fox News or Bud Light, is more toxic right now.<\/p>\n<p>It was even worse when drinking Budweiser was conflated with patriotism.<\/p>\n<h3>Folds of Honor and Anheuser-Busch Partnership<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFox &#038; Friends\u201d host Steve Doocy was talking to guest Dan Rooney, a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves and the founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/foldsofhonor.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folds of Honor<\/a>, which provides support for the families of fallen and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-rich-blasts-other-country-music-stars-for-their-silence-as-leftist-ideologies-aim-to-erase-what-they-care-about\/\" title=\"John Rich Blasts Other Country Music Stars For Their Silence As Leftist Ideologies \u2018Aim To Erase What They Care About\u2019\">disabled service members<\/a> and first responders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, Dan, as people look in on this Fourth of July weekend, how can they help you help other families like the Katzenbergs?\u201d Doocy asked, referring to a <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/140985819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family<\/a> aided by the charitable organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThirteen years ago I reached out to this company, Anheuser-Busch, and they said, \u2018Hey, we believe in you,&#8217;\u201d Rooney said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in its core, Folds is about believing in people so they believe in themselves. And Anheuser-Busch did that for me,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd we kicked off 13 years of a partnership with them. They\u2019ve donated $22 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got awesome new products here coming out, so people literally can crack a cold Budweiser, a Bud Light, and celebrate their freedoms, but also provide educational scholarships to the military and first-responder families who have sacrificed so much for the freedoms that we enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s a great, easy way to say I love my country, is crack a cold Budweiser and support a military or first-responder family.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Fox News has suffered a significant loss of viewership and prestige since the firing of top-rated host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-found-fired-staff-prepping-mondays-show-reports\/\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>. The last thing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/angry-fans-follow-tucker-carlson-door-start-canceling-fox-nation-subscriptions\/\">embattled network<\/a> needs is another reason for conservatives to stop watching.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Fox handed conservatives another reason. By explicitly boosting Bud Light, the network waded into another controversy that only reinforced perceptions about its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-leaked-memo-exposes-secret-pride-month-agenda-support-lgbt-charities-report\/\">lack of conservative principles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News had done a decent job of covering the disastrous fallout of Anheuser-Busch\u2019s decision this spring to partner with transgender social media figure Dylan Mulvaney. With headlines such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bud-lights-woes-show-no-signs-slowing-as-critics-pan-new-ad-featuring-super-bowl-champ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bud Light\u2019s Woes<\/a> Show No Signs of Slowing as Critics Pan New Ad Featuring Super Bowl Champ,\u201d it definitely has not been favorable coverage for the beer company.<\/p>\n<p>But on Monday, the network allowed for basically an ad for Bud Light and other Anheuser-Busch brands to be pushed.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Twitter user Rogan O\u2019Handley, who uses the handle \u201cDC Draino,\u201d slammed the move.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I haven\u2019t watched 1 minute of Fox News since they fired Tucker Carlson<\/p>\n<p>Now they\u2019re doing *Bud Light commercials*<\/p>\n<p>Nothing but CNN with a blue background<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gTCeAQsfwe\">https:\/\/t.co\/gTCeAQsfwe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1675979492635062274?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also offered advice on how to support families in need without boosting Anheuser-Busch and its \u201cenvironmental, social and governance\u201d principles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCut out the ESG middleman and donate directly to Folds of Honor directly here,\u201d O\u2019Handley posted, sharing the link.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cut out the ESG middleman and donate directly to Folds of Honor directly here:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CZbBXg8eSq\">https:\/\/t.co\/CZbBXg8eSq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1675980673323249666?\">July 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nFolds of Honor is doing good work. It makes sense Rooney would try to honor a longstanding relationship that provided so much support to his organization.<\/p>\n<p>But Anheuser-Busch is no longer the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/budweiser-forced-put-famous-clydesdales-back-barn-backlash-rages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iconic<\/a> all-American company it was before its sale to Belgium\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-lv-all-the-best-commercials\/\" title=\"Super Bowl LV: All The Best Commercials\">anheuser-busch<\/a>-whistleblower-destruction-bud-light-intentional-strategic\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>InBev<\/a> in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Mulvaney backlash, AB InBev has not apologized for pushing the radical LGBT agenda in its marketing and has even doubled down by sponsoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bud-light-sponsors-event-men-something-disturbing-children-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obscene \u201cpride\u201d events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Buying Budweiser and Bud Light gives profits to the globalist conglomerate, of which Folds of Honor gets just a cut. Rooney would be better served by promoting direct donations to the charity instead of trying to boost sales of Anheuser-Busch products.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News was stupid to allow the interview to turn into a sales pitch. Tying support for our armed forces to Bud Light just gave the impression the network and Anheuser-Busch were using veterans like props to repair their tattered reputations.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-digs-deeper-hole-segment-promoting-bud-light-easy-way-say-love-country\/\">Fox News Digs Deeper Hole with Segment Promoting Bud Light: &#8216;Easy Way to Say I Love My Country&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Proverbs 13:20, the Bible advises that associating with wise individuals leads to wisdom, while befriending fools brings harm. When fools join forces, the consequences worsen. A recent media tale highlights this as two troubled companies collaborated for a noble purpose, but regrettably&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2035,"featured_media":1964493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2035"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}