Monday, February 3, 2014

Coke's Multilingual 'America the Beautiful' Ad Draws Fire



Coke's Multilingual 'America the Beautiful' Ad Draws Fire
Sunday, 02 Feb 2014 11:07 PM
By Greg Richter
Coca-Cola bought more than a Super Bowl ad when it aired a commercial featuring "America the Beautiful" sung in various languages – it also got a lot of controversy for its $8 million.

"If we cannot be proud enough as a country to sing 'America the Beautiful' in English in a commercial during the Super Bowl, by a company as American as they come — doggone we are on the road to perdition," wrote former Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., on his website.

West called the 60-second ad "truly disturbing" and included a lengthy quote by former President Teddy Roosevelt, which ended, "We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, and American nationality, and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding house; and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Twitter lit up with people on both sides of the debate, some praising the ad for inclusiveness and others saying a patriotic American song should not be sung in other languages.

One Twitter photo showed someone pouring a can of Coke down the toilet.

"Apparently singing a song about America in any language other than English is totally unacceptable to a whole lot of TV viewers out there," read a post on SuperBowlCommercials.org. "And for the record, people… this is not the National Anthem, so stop calling it that."

Coke also aired the first Super Bowl ad featuring a gay couple Sunday night, but it sparked no noticeable controversy.

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Howard G. Buffett is a director at the Coca-Cola Company, a director at Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and Warren E. Buffett’s son.

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Sam Nunn is a co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), Michelle Nunn’s father, and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.
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George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Carla A. Hills is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company, and was a board member for the International Crisis Group.
Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and is an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company.
James D. Robinson III is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.
Donald F. McHenry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a governor at the Roosevelt Institute, and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.
Janet A. Howard is a governor at the Roosevelt Institute, and was the VP for the Coca-Cola Company.
Clifford S. Asness is a director at the International Rescue Committee, and supported same-sex marriage in New York.
Kati Marton is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and was married to Richard C. Holbrooke.
Richard C. Holbrooke was married to Kati Marton, an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Evan G. Greenberg is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.
Tarun Das was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company.
Daniel R. Glickman is a director, Congressional Program for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company.
James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Richard M. Daley is a director at the Coca-Cola Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Mellody L. Hobson is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.
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