NEW YORK (AP) – In a story June 5 about a biracial couple featured in a Cheerios ad, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Blockbuster used a biracial couple in an earlier ad. Company ...
This Cheerios ad is creating controversy like it’s 1950. Seriously? People are really upset about this, despite the fact that the nation’s president is from a family just like this? The racist ...
This is more than just a tweet or an offhand comment. This is part of a pattern of behavior that has gotten markedly worse, and until Phil Griffin personally apologizes and takes corrective action, we ...
What’s more all-American than Cheerios? How about a wrenching national conversation on race? In recent days, a new commercial for the iconic cereal has become a phenomenon — not because it was an ...
The May 2013 the ‘Just Checking’ spot featured a charming little girl emptying a box of the cereal onto her father’s chest after hearing about its benefits for the heart. However, some viewers took to ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A mom sits at her kitchen table when her grade schooler saunters up with a big box of Cheerios. "Mom," says the girl. "Dad told me Cheerios is good for your heart. Is that true?" Cut ...
Cheerios is back with a new ad, featuring the same interracial family from an ad from last year, in a stand against the racist backlash it received then. And this time the family is getting bigger.
So, remember the Cheerios ad that got racists all frothy over the idea that a large corporation was trying to force interracial couplings down the throat of this country that has fought so long to ...
Cheerios faced a slew of racist comments after it posted an ad featuring an interracial family on YouTube -- a sign of how things have changed (ad opponents can immediately register their responses on ...
Our topic du jour: the latest stunning milestone in the march toward gay equality. No, the other stunning milestone. We will get around to what the Supreme Court did (more accurately, declined to do) ...
This Super Bowl, Cheerios will unveil a commercial featuring the same interracial family from an ad that sparked hateful comments in 2013. Cheerios previewed their new Super Bowl 2014 ad on Wednesday, ...