{"id":2001525,"date":"2023-08-15T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-anheuser-busch-executive-warns-disney-is-flirting-with-disaster-he-watched-the-same-thing-happen-to-bud-light\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T16:34:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:34:08","slug":"former-anheuser-busch-executive-warns-disney-is-flirting-with-disaster-he-watched-the-same-thing-happen-to-bud-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-anheuser-busch-executive-warns-disney-is-flirting-with-disaster-he-watched-the-same-thing-happen-to-bud-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Anheuser-Busch Exec: Disney&#8217;s Playing with Fire, Like Bud Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fformer-anheuser-busch-executive-warns-disney-is-flirting-with-disaster-he-watched-the-same-thing-happen-to-bud-light%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=2001525&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>A Former Anheuser-Busch Executive Warns Disney\u200c Is Flirting \u2064with Disaster<\/h2>\n<p>A former Anheuser-Busch executive is sounding the alarm on Disney\u2064 and claiming that the\u2062 House of Mouse is making a Bud Light-type mistake of disastrous proportions \u2014 \u2063but even he might\u200d be underselling\u200c it.<\/p>\n<p>Anson Frericks spoke to\u200d Fox Business\u2019 \u201cVarney &#038;\u200d Co.\u201d \u2063and warned Disney that it was treading on very thin ice after it partnered with a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-partners-cross-dressing-influencer-promote-minnie-mouse-outfit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender-fluid<\/a>\u201d influencer to promote a line of clothing products \u2026 for children.<\/p>\n<h3>Disney&#8217;s Mistake<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI think they are \u2062making the same mistake as Bud Light, and I\u2063 think they\u2019ve been making the\u2062 same mistake as\u2064 Bud Light for over a year now,\u201d Frericks said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The former \u2064Anheuser-Busch executive then used\u200c Disney\u2019s own words, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-scores-major-legal-victory-disney-gov-blow-backroom-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political activities in \u200cFlorida<\/a>, to illustrate his point:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake a look at Disney\u2019s mission statement. What is Disney trying to achieve\u2064 as a\u200c company? It is trying to be the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-<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>-executive-warns-disney-is-flirting-with-disaster-he-watched-the-same-thing-happen-to-bud-light\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Ex-Anheuser-Busch Exec: Disney&#8217;s Playing with Fire, Like Bud Light&#8221;>premier family \u2062entertainment company<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go back one year, what does them getting involved in \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-with-the-help-of-moms-for-liberty-south-carolina-pre-files-parental-rights-bill\/\" title=\"Exclusive\u2014\u00a0With the Help of Moms for Liberty, South Carolina Pre-Files Parental Rights Bill\">parental rights bill<\/a> in Florida have to do \u2062with them \u2062being\u200b [that] company?\u2064 Has to do\u2062 with nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you take\u2063 a look \u200cat it, they had an approval \u200drating of 77 percent \u2026 it cratered to 33 percent after that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Disney&#8217;s\u200c Ongoing\u2062 Issues<\/h3>\n<p>In case you\u2019ve been living under a rock, Bud Light has \u2063been grappling with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anheuser-busch-offloads-8-beer-brands-bud-light-backlash-continues-take-toll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catastrophic fallout<\/a> from partnering\u200d with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney \u2014 a move that has\u200c hurt Anheuser Busch\u2019s stock prices, its sales and \u200cits reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Disney seemed to learn less than nothing from that \u200bdebacle when it decided to partner Seann Altman, a man who apparently likes \u2064to dress up \u200bas Minnie Mouse.<\/p>\n<h3>Disney&#8217;s\u2063 Unique Nightmare<\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s the sobering truth about Disney\u2019s partnership\u2063 compared to Bud Light, however: Disney\u2062 is actually worse off.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it. Bud Light knows exactly what \u2064it\u200b needs to do: Win back the conservative base it turned off with\u2062 the Mulvaney fiasco (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viral-video-bud-light-exec-reveals-woke-company-feels-past-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and the words<\/a> of one of the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-top-anheuser-busch-execs-behind-mulvaney-partnership-now-job-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now-former\u2064 executives<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s too late. But at least it\u2019s an\u200c identifiable solution. And if it fails, \u200cAnheuser-Busch is much more than one beer \u2063brand.<\/p>\n<p>Disney is a different case.<\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s issues go far beyond\u2062 just any one public\u2063 relations problem.<\/p>\n<p>The company is in an obvious malaise of \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-hour-dud-disneys-newest-dumpster-fire-shredded-critics-cast-boycotts-premiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being bankrupt creatively<\/a>, running their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-demands-correction-fake-photos-set-woke-snow-white-reboot-changes-tune-proven-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most beloved \u2062intellectual properties<\/a> into the ground, suffering from a lack of innovation and a seemingly \u200cnever-ending stream of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-captures-disneys-male-fairy-godmother-really-inside-boutique-young-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-inflicted wounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-possible-disney-reboot-quietly-track-continue-string-disastrous-string-big-money-losses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theatrical flops<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-quietly-deletes-50m-project-existence-less-2-months-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streaming flops<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-world-sees-previously-unfathomable-sign-fans-jumping-ship-july-4-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flopping\u200b attendance<\/a> at its \u2063theme parks, this \u2062is as \u200dgrim as things have looked for Disney, maybe, ever.<\/p>\n<p>And Disney\u2019s ongoing malaise isn\u2019t just some vindictive chorus of conservative murmurs.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s issues are public and\u200b significant enough that a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/disney-apple-deal-1235559416\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood\u200c Reporter<\/a> earlier this month suggested that the House of \u200dMouse\u2064 could \u2062be contemplating the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/buzz-unthinkable-disney-sale-grows-ceos-signals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">once-unthinkable<\/a>\u201d scenario of being sold to Apple.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s that bad.<\/p>\n<p>So, with all due respect\u200c to Mr. Frericks,\u2063 he\u2019s actually pretty wrong on this.<\/p>\n<p>Disney hasn\u2019t \u200bmade\u2062 the same mistake as Bud Light. The company has created a unique nightmare all unto itself that not even Bud Light is having \u200bto\u2064 grapple with.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/former-anheuser-busch-executive-warns-disney-flirting-disaster-watched-thing-happen-bud-light\/\">Former Anheuser-Busch Executive Warns Disney Is Flirting \u200cwith Disaster: He Watched the Same Thing Happen to Bud Light<\/a> \u2064 appeared first on\u200d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Anheuser-Busch exec warns Disney of a disastrous mistake, comparing it to Bud Light blunder. 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