Super Bowl Advertisers Face New Risk of Accidentally Provoking Trump
- Several commercials include brands attacked by Trump
- There’s too much risk in offending president, professor says
Super Bowl Advertisers Play It Safe
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With an audience of more than 100 million tuning in Sunday, Super Bowl advertisers want their commercials to get attention -- just not the wrong kind. That’s even more true in an era where everything from Skittles to avocados has been politicized.
None of the ads for this weekend’s game on Fox are expected to purposely press any political buttons, but advertisers want to avoid even accidentally offending anyone. That’s a tall order in a particularly tense moment in America, when CEOs are under pressure to take sides on major issues and the president routinely scolds companies on Twitter.