Kevin Duggan has the skinny on McDonald's fake Lincoln Fry blog. The blog accompanies a series of Super Bowl ads about a french fry that looked like Abe Lincoln. When you read the blog's author page it says "I discovered a french fry that looks like Abraham Lincoln." He's not lovin' it and neither am I. Maybe this is what McDonald's means by "brand journalism."
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Le superbowl est l'occasion pour les grandes firmes américaines de s'adresser à leurs concitoyens, pardon, clients. Mac Donald's n'échappe pas à la règle pour promouvoir sa nouvelle frite, la Lincoln Fry. A cette occasion, la world company a mis en [Read More]
» Lincoln Fry Blog from rMen's weblog, the blog of a french cyberworker
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