Jon Stewart took on corporate America's performative sincerity in the latest episode of The Daily Show.
“Pride Month is of course that time of year when corporations get together and financially exploit the decades long struggle of gay people for acceptance and equality,” said the host in Monday’s monologue, before directing the audience to Burger King’s very real and unfortunate “Pride Whopper” made with “two equal buns, Skittles’ colorless “Pride Pack” declaring “only #OneRainbow matters,” and an Oreo ad showing a family “overcoming a father’s deep conservative values” with a rainbow-painted...
Stewart then turned to Target, which announced last month that it would scale back on its 2024 Pride Month collection following last year’s “That’s the burden corporations must bear,” Stewart mocked. “They care almost too much about the human condition, often finding themselves in the crosshairs of ideologues and fundamentalists. But they stand by their values. Sometimes for a couple of months!”Martha-Ann Alito Condemns Pride Flags, the Left, and the Media“But don’t be sad,” Stewart quipped.
in 2023. “Their commitment only lasted until the protests died down,” remarked the late-night host. “They’re very clearly conflicted between the high moral values they think we want and the amoral values that serve their shareholders.
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