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'Coca-Cola Has Always Been About Inclusion': In Defense of Coke's Super Bowl Ad

Atlanta Newscaster Brenda Wood Takes on Critics of Coke's 'It's Beautiful'
By Simon Dumenco. Published on February 04, 2014.
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Here's an eloquent response to the controversy over one of Coke's Super Bowl XLVIII spots (the one that Glenn Beck said only divides people) from someone based in the beverage giant's hometown of Atlanta: Brenda Wood, news anchor at WXIA, aka "11Alive," the NBC affiliate there.

Simon Dumenco is the "Media Guy" columnist for Advertising Age. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco.

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