BUSTED: Will Media Ignore Coke Censoring ‘President Trump’ But Greenlighting ‘President Harris’?

NewsBusters ^ | 9/26/2024 | Joseph Vazquez

[JV3MRC]

Here’s a story the liberal media won’t cover: Leftist soda giant Coca-Cola seems to have made it clear where its political loyalties lie for the 2024 election, and it may have violated federal election law in the process.

When MRC researchers attempted to customize a “Personalized 12 fl oz. Can of Coca-Cola” on the company’s website at 2:04 p.m. on Sept. 25, the phrase “President Harris” was permitted as an acceptable prompt for a can. However, when MRC researchers entered “President Trump,” the company auto-denied the request and left an eye-opening message: “Looks like the name you requested is not approved. Names and phrases may not be approved if they are trademarked, political in nature, names of countries, celebrities, religious figures, as well as anything that could be considered offensive for other reasons.” Apparently “President Harris” didn’t fall into any of these categories.

Is that right, Coca-Cola? Is “President Harris” not considered “political in nature” by the Coca-Cola website algorithm as opposed to “President Trump,” or is Coke just preventing Trump because he’s a celebrity and a politician, which would be convenient if the company was trying to give one campaign a boost before the November elections?

[PGR88]

I saw video elsewhere that showed this machine will accept the words “Satan” and “Mohammed” for these cans, but rejected the word “Jesus.”

[BitWielder1]

Dang, I can't boycott Coke any more than I already do.

[C210N]

The proper test would be to compare with “President Biden”. If that is blocked then they are blocking actual presidents.

Not so.

Donald Trump is your president

[Valpal1]

Trump is trademarked.

He’s an experienced businessman and marketer.

He would have tied up every conceivable permutation of his name a decade ago.

[BlackbirdSST]

If I drank that nasty crap, I’d have to boycott them.

[BigFreakinToad]

the personalized can link is down, wonder why? Perhaps Coke needs the Bud lite treatment

[Skywise]

As long as it’s not obscene… why CANT I make a political statement?

What kind of communist, anti-American cola is this?

[1FreeAmerican]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJePACBoIo

[dfwgator]

Peripetchikoff : No formula, NO DEAL!

C.R. MacNamara : OK, NO DEAL!

Borodenko : We do not need you! If we want Coca-Cola, we invent it ourselves!

C.R. MacNamara : Oh, yeah? In 1956 you flew a bottle of Coke to a secret laboratory in Sverdlosk. A dozen of your top chemists went nuts trying to analyze the ingredients. Right?

Mishkin : No comment!

C.R. MacNamara : And in 1958, you planted two undercover agents in Atlanta to steal the formula. And what happened? They both defected! And now they're successful businessmen in Florida packaging instant borscht. Right?

Peripetchikoff : No comment!

C.R. MacNamara : Last year you put out a cockamamie imitation "Kremlin-Kola!" You tried it out in the satellite countries, but even the Albanians wouldn't drink it. They used it for SHEEP DIP! RIGHT?

Mishkin : No comment!

C.R. MacNamara : So either get down to business or get off the pot!

Peripetchikoff : My dear American friend, if we are to live together in peaceful coexistence, there must be a certain amount of give and take.

C.R. MacNamara : Oh, sure - we give and you take.

Peripetchikoff : What is the matter - you do not trust us?

C.R. MacNamara : No comment!

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[cavador]

About ten years ago C-Cola changed their recipe and it no longer tasted like C-Cola. Back then I switched to Pepsi.

[Highest Authority]

Many decades ago a contractor told me that he always used Coke during construction to open pipes cloged with concrete. It works!

[xp38]

The good old days when coca cola was synonymous with America along with Disney and so many other companies. Not anymore.

[telescope115]

+1. Caffeine free diet Pepsi for me. I always liked Pepsi better anyway.

[xp38]

Pepsi is even woker than Coke but over sugared soft drinks are out for me in general.

[Pearfect]

NO MORE COKE.

[Bob434]

Yep me too, although I’ve switched to Dr thunder- Walmart soda- tastes better to me than pepsi now

[telescope115]

Hmmmm. I’ll bet it’s cheaper, too.

[This I Wonder32460]

Oh, no. Does this mean that President Trump will switch his favorite soda pop from Diet Coke to Diet Pepsi?

[Bob434]

Yes, much cheaper- 24 pack for around $8 or so- pepsi is around $8 for 12 pack