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Applebee’s Suspends Advertising on CNN After Side-by-Side Spot With Invasion Coverage
The wrap.com ^ | 2/24/22 | Dessi Gomez

Posted on 02/25/2022 6:55:02 AM PST by martin_fierro

Amid Thursday morning coverage of the air attacks in Ukraine by Russia, CNN aired an Applebee’s ad — side-by-side with the headline “Russia Invades Ukraine” – and reactions were not favorable.

In response, Applebee’s suspended its ads on the network, telling Forbes.com it was “deeply concerned about the situation in Ukraine.”

“When we were made aware that our ad was placed in this manner, we immediately reached out to CNN to pause our advertising on their network,” Applebee’s said in the statement. “It never should have aired, and we are disappointed in the actions of the network.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: applebees; cnn; schadenfreude; wefancy
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To: martin_fierro

I was WONDERING why, as I watched the horrific shelling of Ukrainian cities, that I got such a hankering for barbecued spare ribs!..


21 posted on 02/25/2022 8:20:51 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can’t vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: martin_fierro

At least it wasn’t Chili’s.

“I want my baby back, baby back, baby back. I want my baby back, baby back, baby back.”


22 posted on 02/25/2022 8:24:10 AM PST by Rastus
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To: martin_fierro

THIS … IS CNN with a little bit of chicken fry.

jeff toobin ridin’ high, in a silk gloooooooove.

brian steltzer on friday night. rachel maddow IS a dyke.

can’t seem to get things right. like biden’s doooooone.


23 posted on 02/25/2022 8:45:10 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: martin_fierro

That’s what you get for blowing money on a fake news network run by libtards with a brain dead audience 🤪


24 posted on 02/25/2022 8:45:30 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: rarestia

I don’t know.

Wifey and I have eaten there about once.

Food was meh, but there were a lot of families with young children dining there. So there’s that.


25 posted on 02/25/2022 10:49:34 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Fai Mao
Advertising on CNN is probably cheaper than ad space in the Springfield Shopper


26 posted on 02/25/2022 10:52:24 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

Without question, the most bizarre composition I’ve ever seen on a tv screen. I’m glad Applebees feels the same. Who does that!? CNN.


27 posted on 02/25/2022 10:59:52 AM PST by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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