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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh Snap! Did McDonald's really tweet this about Trump!?!
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Oh Snap! Did McDonald's really tweet this about Trump!?! (Original Post)
NWCorona
Mar 2017
OP
I don't think a fake account since it's verified with a checkmark. Unless it's a photoshop.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2017
#4
CNBC: McDonald's Twitter account appears to have been hacked, posts anti-Trump tweet
pinboy3niner
Mar 2017
#17
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)1. a rogue employee, I expect.
Or possibly a fake account.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)2. That's what I'm thinking but that is gonna leave a mark!!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)4. I don't think a fake account since it's verified with a checkmark. Unless it's a photoshop.
I think an intrepid rogue employee got a hold of the Twitter account and it's fucking hilarious.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)15. Head if Communications must have been drunk.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)3. It is a beauty.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)5. I literally spit out my coffee when I read that. And that as jab!
Motley13
(3,867 posts)6. We now have to have KFC's opinion
rurallib
(62,410 posts)7. Ronald McDonald must be going to lose his Obamacare
and Mcdonald's doesn't pay enough for him to afford regular insurance
Cha
(297,168 posts)8. It's true whomever tweeted.. but I don't see a corp like this
doing that.. think of all the boycotts they'd get.
Takket
(21,563 posts)9. They were hacked
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)16. Not sure I believe that
I think someone in the office went rogue.
crappyjazz
(950 posts)10. It was their Twitter account
and it has since been deleted.
It doesn't mean anything other than some poor social media employee is likely about to get fired.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)11. Yeah. I never believed he could eat a Big Mac. Couldn't hold it.
They have the little ones now though. So....maybe.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)12. The person behind that #McDonalds Trump tweet
Link to tweet
Bryan Kremkau @bryankremkau · 40m40 minutes ago
The person behind that #McDonalds Trump tweet
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)14. Haha u beat me to it
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)13. The internal culprit has been identified.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)17. CNBC: McDonald's Twitter account appears to have been hacked, posts anti-Trump tweet
McDonald's Twitter followers likely woke up to a shock Thursday morning after a tweet was posted to the company's social media feed that criticized President Donald Trump.
The tweet was posted just after 6 a.m. and was deleted.
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It is likely that the burger giant was hacked, as the post comes just one day after hundreds of Twitter accounts including Justin Beiber's and Forbes were hacked.
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http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/mcdonalds-twitter-account-appears-to-have-been-hacked-posts-anti-trump-tweet.html
The tweet was posted just after 6 a.m. and was deleted.
...
It is likely that the burger giant was hacked, as the post comes just one day after hundreds of Twitter accounts including Justin Beiber's and Forbes were hacked.
...
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/16/mcdonalds-twitter-account-appears-to-have-been-hacked-posts-anti-trump-tweet.html
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)18. LOL! My favorite Tweet of the day!