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Recon... do you think it's the job of a corporation to piss off it's customers in the face of controversey?
From what I can see, they are caught in an awkward position. They can remove the ads and face the ire of those who see this as bending to the will of an extreme minority or they can leave the ad on and face the ire of Malkin and the increasingly negative media coverage (this includes all forms of media).
In their shoes, I would pull the ad as there is no upside to keeping it on air. Pulling it, they will get a ton of coverage (hell, I was reading about this in South East Asia in the daily paper and we don't even have their Donuts here) for free and the vast majority of the negativity is aimed a Malkin rather than Dunkin Donuts. In the end, the controversey will pass and those who were irate about the weakness of the Corporation in the face of outside pressue will move onto something else (as will those who complained to start with).
It is this, that makes me call this a non-event. Nobody really cares what the fuck she is wearing around her neck. This really is all about Malkin as an attention whore.
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