{"id":135602,"date":"2024-12-10T23:46:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135602"},"modified":"2024-12-10T23:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:46:46","slug":"1-star-mcdonalds-reviews-and-sympathetic-merch-companies-try-to-stop-online-support-for-ceo-killer-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135602","title":{"rendered":"1-star McDonald\u2019s reviews and sympathetic merch: Companies try to stop online support for CEO killer suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">New York<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ifoa1j000u3b6m8om2ne5p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After police found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/08\/us\/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare-gunman-search-sunday\/index.html\">words<\/a> \u201cdeny,\u201d \u201cdefend\u201d and \u201cdepose\u201d printed on shell casings near the site where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down, merchandise bearing those words started to appear online.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ifno7c000p3b6mk1ls3iou@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The phrase might be linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/09\/us\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-shooter-monday\/index.html\">2010 book<\/a> critiquing the health insurance industry titled, \u201cDelay Deny Defend,\u201d a common description of the industry\u2019s tactics. Those words appeared on a number of items on Amazon\u2019s store, including hats, T-shirts and pint glasses.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ihsj7m0000356m0ygncxj5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The suspect in the case has garnered sympathy and online fandom partly because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/06\/business\/insurance-claim-denials-unitedhealthcare-ceo\/index.html\">people\u2019s problems<\/a> with the health insurance industry. The majority of insured US adults <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/15\/politics\/health-insurance-understanding-problems\/index.html\">had at least one issue,<\/a> including denial of claims, with their health insurance in the span of a year, according to a survey released in June 2023 by KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ieuqna00003b6mlqdkmitz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Amazon has pulled the merchandise from the website for violating the company\u2019s rules, according to a person familiar with Amazon\u2019s decision making. It\u2019s unclear how many people bought items emblazoned with the phrase.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4igka3s001r3b6mwswd9mv2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, \u201cdeny, defend, depose\u201d merchandise remains on sale on eBay. The phrase itself doesn\u2019t violate its rules, but \u201citems that glorify or incite violence, including those that celebrate the recent murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson, are prohibited,\u201d a company spokesperson told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ifs81e00103b6mygk1rgka@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/09\/us\/luigi-mangione-what-we-know-monday\/index.html\">arrested Luigi Mangione<\/a>, the suspect in Thompson\u2019s killing. A police official told CNN that Mangione possessed a handwritten document stating, \u201cthese parasites had it coming,\u201d and expressing \u201cill will toward corporate America.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ifwetn00173b6m25zw4eii@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Mangione was spotted at a McDonald\u2019s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and a McDonald\u2019s employee called the police. The restaurant\u2019s page on Google and Yelp has since been flooded with negative reviews, calling workers \u201crats\u201d and \u201csnitches.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/podcast-episode\/instances\/cm4ilbrpv00013j6m6qi68rds@published\" data-unselectable=\"true\" data-component-name=\"podcast-episode\" class=\"podcast-episode\">\n<div class=\"podcast-episode__image-container\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/cnn\/audio\/podcast-episode\/93fd8738-a997-11ee-82c2-fb8aca556b38\/square.png?c=1x1&amp;q=h_256,w_256,c_fill\" alt=\"One Thing: A Health Insurance CEO is Dead. Not Everyone Is Sad. - Square\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"3000\" width=\"3000\"\/><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"podcast-episode__info-container\">\n<div class=\"podcast-episode__info\">\n      <a class=\"podcast-episode__series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio\/podcasts\/5-things\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n        <span class=\"podcast-episode__series--icon\"\/>CNN 5 Things<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      <a class=\"podcast-episode__title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/audio\/podcasts\/5-things\/episodes\/93fd8738-a997-11ee-82c2-fb8aca556b38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Thing: A Health Insurance CEO is Dead. Not Everyone Is Sad.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, some were surprised by the lack of sympathy shown by people online. Those who follow the healthcare industry closely, however, say the anger towards the industry has been boiling for a long time.\u00a0<br \/>\nGuest: Elisabeth Rosenthal, Senior Contributing Editor at KFF Health News &amp; author, \u201cAn American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dec 08, 2024 \u2022 20 min<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<nav aria-label=\"Platforms\" class=\"podcast-episode__platforms-nav\">\n      <button class=\"podcast-episode__platforms-button\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"podcast-episode-list\">&#8230;<\/button><\/p>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ig5fx1001a3b6m185b9whx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One now-deleted review on Google that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/google-pulls-mcdonalds-negative-reviews-over-arrest-unitedhealth-murder-2024-12-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was spotted by Reuters<\/a> said the \u201clocation has rats in the kitchen that will make you sick and your insurance isn\u2019t going to cover it.\u201d Commenters continue to add negative reviews to the McDonald\u2019s location\u2019s profile page. Google didn\u2019t immediately respond to comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4igas7j001j3b6ma83wp15l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Commenters also shared a similar sentiment on Yelp, however Yelp turned off commenting on the McDonald\u2019s location\u2019s page.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4igj0jc001o3b6mazjzbosh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWhile we don\u2019t take a stand one way or the other when it comes to this incident, we\u2019ve temporarily disabled the posting of content to this page as we work to investigate whether the content you see here reflects actual consumer experiences rather than the recent events,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/mcdonalds-altoona?start=40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pop-up on Yelp<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4iilysh0008356mxd3tx6ae@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The killing has generated mixed feelings online. In a Facebook post by UnitedHealth Group expressing sadness about UnitedHealthcare CEO Thompson\u2019s death received 62,000 reactions \u2013 57,000 of them laughing emojis. UnitedHealth Group is the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, the division that Thompson ran.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4igbrbk001l3b6mqu1knav3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cLimitations on access to care due to claims denials have absolutely been a source of frustration for a long time,\u201d said Kaye Pestaina, KFF\u2019s director of Program on Patient and Consumer Protections.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/10\/business\/deny-defend-dispose-merchandise-amazon-ceo-shooting\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 After police found the words \u201cdeny,\u201d \u201cdefend\u201d and \u201cdepose\u201d printed on shell casings near the site where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down, merchandise bearing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135602\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}