{"id":593494,"date":"2021-07-16T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T16:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593494"},"modified":"2021-07-16T12:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T16:06:30","slug":"watch-new-ads-target-woka-cola-other-politicized-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-new-ads-target-woka-cola-other-politicized-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: New Ads Target \u2018Woka-Cola,\u2019 Other Politicized Brands"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fwatch-new-ads-target-woka-cola-other-politicized-brands%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=593494&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1230625386.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A nonprofit launched an advertising campaign criticizing \u201cWoka-Cola\u201d and other politicized brands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Consumers\u2019 Research \u2014 which works \u201cto increase the knowledge and understanding of issues, policies, products, and services of concern to consumers and to promote the freedom to act on that knowledge and understanding\u201d \u2014 is producing ads that note the hypocrisy of firms that stress social justice while promoting clear injustice around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The group\u2019s \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/consumersresearch.org\/consumersfirst\/\"><span>Consumers First Initiative<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d includes ads about American Airlines, Coca-Cola, Nike, Major League Baseball, and Ticketmaster: \u201cWe are putting corporations on notice \u2014 It\u2019s time to start serving your customers and stop serving woke politicians.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A jingle about Coca-Cola points out the unhealthy nature of its products and reliance upon labor in China:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><i><span>At Coke, we say we\u2019re woke<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We sell drinks bad as smoke<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>China is our labor supplier<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That drives our stock price even higher<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>What the world knows today<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Obesity won\u2019t go away<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Diabetes is here to stay<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That\u2019s our real thing. Woka-Cola!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coca-Cola: Always Woka-Cola: It\u2019s the Real Thing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J2x_ovDsa3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Another advertisement points out the inconsistency behind American Airlines\u2019 opposition to election reform laws:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p><i><span>American requires passengers to show ID to fly, but attacks Texas\u2019 popular voter ID law. Why is CEO Doug Parker trying to appease the radical Left? To distract from billions in taxpayer bailouts.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Airlines: The Worst\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fg89CSkoSuI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The third advertisement about Nike observed the brand\u2019s ties to slave labor in the Xinjiang region of China, where the government is enslaving Uyghurs:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><i><span>Nike is constantly political. Why? Cover. Congressional reports suspect Nike used forced labor in China. Religious minorities were ripped from their families, sterilized, and sold to factories. Nike made shoes in those same areas.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Congress tried to ban Nike\u2019s labor practices. Nike fought back with highly-paid lobbyists\u2026 Stop exploiting foreign labor. Serve your customers. Not woke politicians.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nike: Cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDWLSAdf48o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftists-lose-it-after-woke-coca-cola-accidentally-blocks-phrase-black-lives-matter-from-custom-label-maker\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> reported last month that Coca-Cola faced backlash after its make-your-own-label \u201cShare A Coke\u201d promotion mistakenly blocked the phrase \u201cBlack Lives Matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Although phrases such as \u201cWhite Lives Matter,\u201d \u201cAsian Lives Matter,\u201d and \u201cBaby Lives Matter\u201d were not blocked, \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d produced an error message: \u201cOops! Looks like the name you requested is not an approved one. Names may not be approved if they\u2019re potentially offensive to other people, trademarked, or celebrity names. We\u2019ve worked hard to get this list right, but sometimes we mess up. If you think this is an error, please contact our Customer Care team. Otherwise, please try again, keep it fun and in the spirit of sharing!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After customers realized that terms such as \u201cLesbian,\u201d \u201cMexican,\u201d and \u201cGay Pride\u201d were also disallowed, they castigated the brand on social media \u2014 particularly, in the comments of a Coca-Cola tweet supporting \u201cPride Month.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the wake of other election security laws \u2014 especially one signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) \u2014 firms such as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, and Major League Baseball issued <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/5-woke-corporations-who-condemned-georgia-while-still-doing-business-with-china\"><span>statements<\/span><\/a><span> about purported systemic racism in the measure. All five companies, however, benefit from their extensive operations in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nonprofit launched an advertising campaign criticizing \u201cWoka-Cola\u201d and other politicized brands.Consumers\u2019 Research \u2014 which works \u201cto increase the knowledge and understanding of issues, policies, products, and services of concern &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593494","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}