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Was Coca-Cola bullied into anti-obesity campaign?

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    World's largest beverage brand produces calorie-counting commercial

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Welcome back to the five.

-- Coca-Cola the world's most valuable brand has launched a new anti obesity campaign that urges consumers to pay attention to calories including those in their beverages.

Take a look.

We'd like people -- come together on something that concerns all of us obesity.

The long term health of our families and the countries at -- and as the nation's leading beverage company we can play an important role.

Beating obesity we'll take action by Obama speaks on one simple common sense.

All calorie skin and no matter where I come.

Including Coca-Cola and everything else -- calories and if you eat and drink more calories than you burn off you'll gain weight.

The question is has Coca-Cola been bullied by anti obesity groups and politicians like Michael Bloomberg -- to getting on this bandwagon.

You miss that you could hear the slowly relaying the sad that the ad but there was a collective groan around the table.

-- I think this is.

A response to the bullying by these -- yeah.

Of course isn't and it drives me insane I -- what I want American companies to do.

Went to be great companies going to hire great new people might think of new products to sell to me and I plan to pay their investors and basically don't want that to -- politics but they.

All these companies -- -- -- us so great.

How to cook and a smile and exhibit the most recognized brand in the world fabulous and because of pressure.

About a for obesity they have to do this ad spending money on ads and it could be it looked -- could be pain and their pension fund that could be -- far more workers at a create new products to -- this is it.

It drives me up a -- and all these consultants.

You come up with these corporate social responsibility is to have any say basically it's just a way to get more money and it's another way to redistribute the wealth boom that this is a new thing that corporations are doing Eric -- more grip wrist.

Responsibility.

They are trying to put forth -- believe Philanthropic side look like they care they put -- these type of ads in these.

What do you think they're just scared of the government come in after -- they trying to just do the right thing.

I guess I'd guess way so reliable players wave legislators who are on the same page -- there's the smell blood is blood in the water in the -- happens to be.

A big pool of corporate money that -- at all triangle after I guess they wanted it and Bob you know you you mentioned during that -- that maybe there.

There's a big lawsuit that's coming along lines with the tobacco industry was he on the receiving -- -- cocoa didn't do that when -- get at least that.

Number well Elaine and -- in the secondly I like this is that this is a -- -- but moment for them -- out all right now from now are getting -- self.

Act got up and down at Bennett -- around that I.

They should be -- you the the point here is that it is there all -- scared about this obesity is a big deal they are worried about getting sued I think they will get sued a lot of them.

And frankly this is nothing more this is not up this is not -- -- terribly bad about obese people this is covered their -- and that's.

Yeah beat Pete any bad unfortunately they have to worry about -- and ethnic group and American help people why doesn't have to worry about covering their but -- -- -- -- financing legal -- Things if you had another personal responsibility to not drink open your back.

Why isn't their problem yet that's the problem volley well -- Kimberly -- yellow I remember correctly just on the five and last week we did a segment on how inmates were suing liquor companies from making them drunk and that's -- -- committed crimes.

And mr.

Beckel if we could have a flashback he said this is ridiculous.

To be response I think.

It would mean that they don't get me wrong I think it's ridiculous to shoot them on the -- -- -- common.

It is coming is going to be I think they should have done they added I think that helps them I don't I think they're trying to like -- -- does not having lots of client and I I myself yes please.

Back to Cambridge he can try to get in my second's last OK I didn't infinitely less smoke and help but there should be personal responsibility to is what you decide to do with your body what you put a witness to -- -- new.

You know if people don't cattle ranches and of people that he too much red meat and you don't need not vegetables at this -- that is pesticides on the rock claiming.

-- -- -- -- This is I'm still Al Gore because he invented the Internet and is wasting too much in my time immediately well there is kind of -- hundred million extra -- there is unclear every -- -- very quickly we should -- senate I think we're on agreement here we don't have to debate at Wal-Mart is going to hire a 100000 veterans.

Any veteran who want the job Wal-Mart says they will hire this is a program that'll kick off.

On Memorial Day so hats off to Wal-Mart.

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