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minus-squareThe_Lurker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·2 months agoCoca-Cola argued in court that “no reasonable person” would believe that Vitamin Water was healthy or good for you. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-dark-side-of-vitaminw_b_669716
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoI remember reading this. Fuckers.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoand … did the argument pass? o.O
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt was a civil suit, so it didn’t matter that much. They eventually reached a settlement where they would change some labeling, and attorneys on both sides got a few million dollars wealthier. https://www.cspinet.org/case/coca-cola-vitaminwater
minus-squareunderwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhat do you mean it didn’t matter much? The goal was to get this to make news so that people would talk about it. And I’d say they were pretty successful with that.
minus-squareItsamelemmy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAnd here I thought faux news came up with that bullshit. https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/greedy-associates/tucker-carlson-successfully-argues-nobody-really-believes-tucker-carlson-is-reporting-facts/
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago“It’s ok to exploit people if they’re gullible or vulnerable”
Coca-Cola argued in court that “no reasonable person” would believe that Vitamin Water was healthy or good for you.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-dark-side-of-vitaminw_b_669716
I remember reading this. Fuckers.
and … did the argument pass? o.O
It was a civil suit, so it didn’t matter that much.
They eventually reached a settlement where they would change some labeling, and attorneys on both sides got a few million dollars wealthier. https://www.cspinet.org/case/coca-cola-vitaminwater
What do you mean it didn’t matter much? The goal was to get this to make news so that people would talk about it. And I’d say they were pretty successful with that.
And here I thought faux news came up with that bullshit.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/greedy-associates/tucker-carlson-successfully-argues-nobody-really-believes-tucker-carlson-is-reporting-facts/
“It’s ok to exploit people if they’re gullible or vulnerable”