McDonald's PR Peeps All A-Twitter Over Hoax

  • June 14, 2011
A phony sign that suggests McDonald's is charging African Americans $1.50 per order "due to a recent string of robberies" had the QSR's PR people tweeting over the weekend, Yahoo reports.

The sign, which first appeared on an anti-McDonald's blog a year ago, caught the attention of Twitter users, who sent it speeding around the Internet. Many used the phrase, "Seriously, McDonald's," leading the company to bluntly tweet: "That Seriously McDonald's picture is a hoax."

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