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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 11:41 AM Jul 2012

Chick-fil-A Got Caught Pretending to Be a Teenage Girl on Facebook

Chick-fil-A, home of chicken-loving bigots, is in the middle of a PR nightmare. After Chick-fil-A's COO admitted to being anti-gay, the Jim Henson Company (bless their heart) pulled their toys from Chick-fil-A's kids meals. Only Chick-fil-A claimed the toys were pulled because of a "possible safety issue". That, of course, is a complete lie. A lie that they're propagating with fake Facebook accounts of Chick-fil-a sympathists.

Yep, Chick-fil-A is still stuck in its own reality and is doubling down on its lie. Instead of owning up to the fact that The Jim Henson Company stopped doing business with them because they're overrun with bigots, the chicken sandwich company is making fake Facebook accounts to defend its honor on the social network. How do we know the accounts are fake? Just check out this back and forth on Chick-fil-A's Facebook page between real, breathing people and "Abby Farle", a Facebook account that was made 8 hours ago by a chicken PR flack with a stock image of a teenage girl as her profile picture:


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http://gizmodo.com/5928926/chick+fil+a-got-caught-pretending-to-be-a-fake-teenage-girl-on-facebook

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slampoet

(5,032 posts)
9. They only hire people who believe in an invisible man in the clouds...
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 12:49 PM
Jul 2012

...after that do you really need to ask?

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
3. Oops ...
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 11:49 AM
Jul 2012

Those websters are a brainy bunch, ain't they?

Only Chick-fil-A claimed the toys were pulled because of a "possible safety issue".


And I suspect Chick-Fil-A will soon be served with a "Retract and Apologize or Be Sued for Defamation" letter.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
10. Never, ever, ever think that you will be able to pull one over on Intraweb savvy posters.
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 12:57 PM
Jul 2012

You'll just end up looking even more stupid than you actually are.

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