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Wendy’s and McDonald’s have emerged victorious from a lawsuit that accused the fast food chains of false advertising.

Wendy’s and McDonald’s have emerged victorious from a lawsuit that accused the fast food chains of false advertising.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against the two companies accusing them of selling smaller hamburgers than advertised and alleging the food didn’t look as appetizing in person as pictured on their websites.

  • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1232·
    9 months ago

    Only because ‘everyone does it’

    "US District Judge Hector Gonzalez ruled that Wendy’s and McDonald’s food images “are no different than other companies’ use of visually appealing images to foster positive associations with their products.”

    Italics mine

    • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
      601·
      9 months ago

      Ahh yes the rarely used “jump off a bridge reversal” defense. If everyone jumped off a bridge would you do it too? Of course!

      • zerofk@lemm.ee
        9·
        9 months ago

        At the very least I’d start checking for a monster chasing them off the bridge.

      • sock@lemmy.world
        51·
        9 months ago

        woah woah woah how would we enslave minorities if we decriminalized drugs

        be a little more empathetic to slave owners (prisons and by proxy the politicians) please

    • pips@lemmy.filmEnglish
      93·
      9 months ago

      Not really, that’s a minor part of the opinion. The more important part is they tell you how much food you’re going to get of what kind and then they give you that food. I don’t think anyone would be able to win a case on “my burger didn’t look like the burger in the ad” because every burger looks a little different. Lots of things that are the same don’t look the same and let’s not suddenly pretend we get McDonalds for the appearance. They’d win false advertising if, say, a quarter pounder was only 2 oz.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
        31·
        9 months ago

        Lots of things that are the same don’t look the same

        …and that’s false advertising, that’s the point of the lawsuit.

      • sock@lemmy.world
        22·
        9 months ago

        yeah this lawsuit is stupid and anyone who thinks McDonald’s would lose is also stupid

        have we forgotten what advertising is? its idealized, its artificial, its eye-catching. thats the point. like the suit says everyone does it, thats just good marketing.

        frankly i think it makes commericals a bit more tolerable if theyre at least aesthetically pleasing. but marketers marketing in a system that requires advertising for anyone to be relevant cannot be infringed on for just two companies doing the marketing the exact same. blame capitalism for ads not the companies.

        (unless we’re taking excessive ads on websites or whatever then blame the sites they’re just greedy)

          • sock@lemmy.world
            11·
            9 months ago

            what is the line then

            how bout this. we ban ALL film. cameras are no longer allowed and any sort of media should be burned as its all idealized and any picture of anything wont look like a picture of something else therefore all media should be banned due to false advertising.

            wait that doesnt make any sense. youre not gonna take a shitty video of yourself and post it online youre gonna take a bunch of attempts so it looks better than you actually are. that’s marketing its no different that a company is doing it. therefore if you want to be angry at a company “false advertising” then be mad at every picture in existence too.

            try to at least be consistent with your cynicism. dont judge others based on their actions if youre gonna judge yourself only based on your circumstance.

    • quindraco@lemm.ee
      6·
      9 months ago

      If you replace your underscores with asterisks, emphasis/italics should work as intended.