Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Hoax picture widely believed



We read:
"This picture is a hoax. McDonald's isn't charging African Americans an extra $1.50 "as an insurance measure due in part to a recent string of robberies". But the image is all the rage on Twitter and has forced McDonald's to go into damage control to protect its online reputation.

The picture, which has since been removed from Twitter, displayed the offensive sign taped to a window outside what appeared to be a McDonald's restaurant. The sign included an 800-number that connected callers to the customer satisfaction hotline of rival KFC, which is owned by Yum! Brands.

People tweeted and retweeted the photo, using the words "Seriously McDonalds" to express their disappointment with the fast-food chain.

On its official Twitter account, McDonald's said: "That pic is a senseless & ignorant hoax McD's values ALL our customers. Diversity runs deep in our culture on both sides of the counter."

Despite the official denials, the hoax gained momentum over the weekend as #SeriouslyMcDonalds ranked on Twitter's Trends list.

Source

Does the fact that it was widely believed tell us something?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Does the fact that it was widely believed tell us something?"

Exactly! The same applies to religion.

Anonymous said...

People are too stupid to be trusted with all of todays technology. Also, if McD's was going to charge them extra, it would have to be a whole lot more than $1.50, since they are responsible for about 95% of all the armed robberies.

Anonymous said...

It'd rather stupid to patronize McDolts at all!

Anonymous said...

"I am an American. Black. Conservative. I don't use African-American, because I'm American, I'm black and I'm conservative. I don't like people trying to label me. African- American is socially acceptable for some people, but I am not some people. Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back to slavery. And I'm sure my ancestors go all the way back to Africa, but I feel more of an affinity for America than I do for Africa. I'm a black man in America..."
–- Herman Cain

Anonymous said...

And a lot better off than the denizens of the African continent - from the top to the bottom of it. All those countries like to blame colonialism for all their failures, but thev'e had about a half century of independence to put their countries in order and a hell of a lot of foreign financial aid, but they're sunk in corruption and incompetence.

Anonymous said...

Africa should be left to the wild animals. At least they provide beauty to the world. The people there provide nothing.

Spurwing Plover said...

aLL ARMED ROBBERS SHOULD GE 50 YEARS IN PRISON NO ECUSES NO PLEA BARGENS,NO PAROLE,NO WORK RELASE,NO CLEMENCY

Jub jub Bird said...

Good for you annon 341 dont let this PC poppycockk get iin the way

Anonymous said...

"aLL ARMED ROBBERS SHOULD GE 50 YEARS IN PRISON NO ECUSES NO PLEA BARGENS,NO PAROLE,NO WORK RELASE,NO CLEMENCY"

Yeah! And no spelling lessons. And no grammar. And no punctuation. Who needs it?!?

Anonymous said...

We all know that Plover is either dizleksik or simple or is just being a clown.