Wendy’s and McDonald’s have emerged victorious from a lawsuit that accused the fast food chains of false advertising.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against the two companies accusing them of selling smaller hamburgers than advertised and alleging the food didn’t look as appetizing in person as pictured on their websites.

  • Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
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    Only because ‘everyone does it’

    "US District Judge Hector Gonzalez ruled that Wendy’s and McDonald’s food images “are no different than other companies’ use of visually appealing images to foster positive associations with their products.”

    Italics mine

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      Ahh yes the rarely used “jump off a bridge reversal” defense. If everyone jumped off a bridge would you do it too? Of course!

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        At the very least I’d start checking for a monster chasing them off the bridge.

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      Not really, that’s a minor part of the opinion. The more important part is they tell you how much food you’re going to get of what kind and then they give you that food. I don’t think anyone would be able to win a case on “my burger didn’t look like the burger in the ad” because every burger looks a little different. Lots of things that are the same don’t look the same and let’s not suddenly pretend we get McDonalds for the appearance. They’d win false advertising if, say, a quarter pounder was only 2 oz.

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        Lots of things that are the same don’t look the same

        …and that’s false advertising, that’s the point of the lawsuit.

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      If you replace your underscores with asterisks, emphasis/italics should work as intended.