US EditionSugary Soda Industry's Covert Influencer Campaign Falls Apart
- Several high-profile influencers have been accused of accepting payments to oppose a Health and Human Services initiative aimed at removing soda from food stamps, according to Nick Sortor's thread on X.
- These influencers reportedly received payments from Influencable to promote messaging against the initiative, according to Sortor's thread on X.
- Eri Daugherty, one influencer named, admitted his lack of research on the topic and called his posts 'dumb,' which he vowed not to repeat.
- The American Beverage Association denied involvement in the influencer campaign, stating that allegations of coordinated posting are false.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?
19 Articles
19 Articles
All
Left
3
Center
2
Right
7
Big Soda paid MAGA influencers to defend junk food
Major soda companies attempted to secretly buy off conservative social media personalities to fight against SNAP benefit reforms — but social media users were too quick to catch on. It all began with X user Nick Sortor, who posted evidence on the social media platform that a company called Influ...
·United States
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources19
Leaning Left3Leaning Right7Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Right
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources lean Right
58% Right
L 25%
C 17%
R 58%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage
