Posted on 07/26/2018 5:16:56 AM PDT by Rebelbase
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - The CEO of a Raleigh marketing firm is apologizing for an ad posted on Twitter that depicted an ISIS execution - and a burger.
Valor Media created the campaign for a Washington, D.C., chain called Z-Burger.
Over the weekend, a tweet was sent out that showed a photo of American journalist James Foley moments before he was executed by ISIS in 2014 - along with the image of a hamburger.
Z-Burger had the tweet removed within an hour. Michael Valor, whose business created the tweet, says he takes full responsibility and posted a video on Twitter apologizing.
Valor also said that his company will be helping to raise money for the Foley Fund.
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Worst case of shock marketing in history. Maybe one day they will get a taste of their own product.
ihoB
He should try marketing his services in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
I thought New Coke was the deceptive mechanism that Coke used to switch from sugar to corn syrup.
Everyone detoxed from real coke for months then it’s brought back and no one at the time caught the switch.
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