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Logo controversy and ties to Barack Hussein Obama
After a week of complaints, Pepsi has decided to remove its' offensive iPhone app that degraded women. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569194,00.html Pepsi Doesn't 'Score' with iPhone Application, FoxNews, October 22, 2009]</ref>
After a week of complaints, Pepsi has decided to remove its' offensive iPhone app that degraded women. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569194,00.html Pepsi Doesn't 'Score' with iPhone Application, FoxNews, October 22, 2009]</ref>
== Logo controversy and ties to Barack Hussein Obama ==
Pepsi's latest logo has been accused of trying to copy the logo [[Barack Hussein Obama]] uses in [[election]]s after it released it around the [[2008 Presidential Election]]. Despite the obvious similarities that resulted from the attempt to capitalize on their political ally's marketing bandwagon, Pepsi "insist[ed] that their product’s new look and message in no way is intended to copy Obama’s message, but rather to align their product with the mood of the country [at the time]."<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/01/yes-we-can-try/ ABC News: Yes, We Can (Try to Hop on the Obama Marketing Bandwagon)] January 12, 2009</ref> Frank Cooper, the company's brands chief, however, implied that B. Hussein Obama might have actually gotten ''his'' logo<ref>His logos, along with his slogans and other propaganda components, are speculated [http://pumabydesign001.com/2012/07/13/obamas-campaign-logo-typeface-lifted-from-retro-communist-cuba-propaganda-posters/ to have communist ties.]</ref> from Pepsi.<ref>[http://adage.com/article/video/pepsi-exec-responds-obama-logo-controversy/134176/ Advertising Age: Pepsi Responds to Obama Logo Controversy] January 29, 2009</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==