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The Pepsi Ad We Needed

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This isn't the Pepsi ad we received, but it's the Pepsi ad we needed.  (Video details) Published on Apr 6, 2017 Stand Up - Stand N Rock  #NoDAPL  (Official Video) - Taboo Mni Wiconi- The Stand at Standing Rock - Divided Films AWAKE, A Dream From Standing Rock The Young Turks Democracy Now! Music: Skip Marley - Lions

United Figures Out a Way to Top Pepsi for Worst PR Blunder of the Year

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So, I didn't think an organization was going to be able to top Pepsi for worst PR clusterfuck of the year. But oh boy, was I wrong. If you're not living under a rock, I'm sure you've heard that recently, United Airlines overbooked a flight and forcibly removed a man from the plane after he refused to give up his seat. United offered passengers incentives to give up their seats, but when none took the bait, they randomly selected four passengers to remove from the plane. Three of the passengers got up, pissed off, but willingly got up. The fourth, said he was a doctor and needed to be on this flight to get back to the hospital. So what did they do? The violently removed this man from the plane. The incident was captured and plastered all over social media. This man's bare stomach exposed as they drag him by the arms across the aisle off the plane. I can't imagine the pain, much less the humiliation that this man must have felt. United was kicking passengers o