‘Share A Coke’ With ‘ISIS’??
Here's a mistake I often see people making on Facebook. They assume that if they read it on the social media website, well then it must be true. A famous quote I often find myself inspired to read is: 'The problem with quotes found on the internet is that they are often not true' - Abe Lincoln.
Today I was scrolling Facebook...I get paid to do it. When this 'BAN COKE PRODUCTS BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT ISIS' hoopla came up in my newsfeed. Immediately, I thought that's false. Which, led me to investigate. According to snopes.com this is an outdated claim. They asked Coca-Cola about this and here's what they had to say about it:
Just to be really really sure...I looked at the other names on the bottles in this picture. The next name that stands out is 'Govert'. Hhhmm. So I looked up 'Govert' and here's what I got:
So there ya have it. Coca-Cola is NOT suggesting that we 'Share a Coke' with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Let's use our rationalization portion of our brain a little more before clicking that infamous 'SHARE' button.